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 sun doesn’t sit at the center of Earth’s ellipse but instead at one focus, a point along the long, or “major,” axis.
From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 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
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
An ellipse of curly black hair is visible between the upper buttons of his shirt.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing ellipse
Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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A Brief History of Time
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