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 closer you look, the more details there are, just like examining Earth’s orbit and seeing it’s not a circle but an ellipse.

From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 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

In such an orbit the Sun is not at the center but is offset, at the focus of the ellipse.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan