ellipse
Example Sentences
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“The central space is simply a regular ellipse, and the walls that surround it are vertical,” he would later recall.
From New York Times
The moon doesn’t orbit Earth in a circle, however, but in an ellipse.
From Scientific American
The capsule’s drop area in Utah is an ellipse that measures 36 by 8.5 miles.
From Scientific American
It’s almost a circle, with a small but significant deviation from Euclidean perfection that actually makes Earth’s orbit a slightly squashed oval—that is, an ellipse.
From Scientific American
On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump was still president, and he urged his supporters at his rally on the ellipse to march to the Capitol and stop Congress’ ratification of Joe Biden’s victory.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
