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 • Mar. 28, 2024

The moon doesn’t orbit Earth in a circle, however, but in an ellipse.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023

The capsule’s drop area in Utah is an ellipse that measures 36 by 8.5 miles.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2023

With a distinctly contemporary design, the bulbs come in three shapes — large globe, ellipse, and triangular — and can be paired with a specially designed pendant cord, available in white and black.

From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2022

All of a sudden the ellipse becomes a parabola, and all of the lines that converged to a point become parallel lines.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife