ellipse
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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 ● Mar. 28, 2024
The moon doesn’t orbit Earth in a circle, however, but in an ellipse.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2023
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 ● Jun. 30, 2023
The new decorative bulbs come in three shapes: triangle, ellipse, and globe.
From The Verge ● Aug. 26, 2022
This figure is an average, as the Earth’s orbit is an ellipse.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Hide location: To temporarily shield your location without notifying them, go to Find My > People, select a contact, tap the ellipses and choose Hide Location.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Known by his colleagues as the “poet of iron,” Serra became world-renowned for his large-scale steel structures, such as monumental arcs, spirals and ellipses.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
In the simulations the researchers observed ellipses, triangles and squares.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023
“Everyone was aware of the ellipses that my mom left after ‘knew.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
Before Martin’s mother passed, it was her lot to translate the ellipses and muttered asides that constituted conversation between father and son.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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