elliptical
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In a typical binary system, two stars with slightly different masses circle each other along elongated, or elliptical, paths.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Published when its author was 28 years old, the slim, elliptical volume played a central role in Camus winning the Nobel Prize for literature at a time when that distinction still meant something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Some exoplanets follow highly elliptical orbits, meaning the amount of heat they receive from their star changes significantly over time.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
Lynne Ramsay’s film is an elliptical, claustrophobic portrait of postpartum delirium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Some clusters have their galaxies arranged in an unambiguously spherical geometry; they are composed chiefly of ellipticals, often dominated by one giant elliptical, the presumptive galactic cannibal.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
"Our simulation reveals the intimate details of the formation of galaxies such as the transformation of spirals into ellipticals through galaxy mergers."
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2023
Both types of galaxies are also found in the Local Supercluster, but while the Supergalactic Plane is teeming with bright ellipticals, bright disk galaxies are conspicuously absent.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
These included Peloton bicycles and treadmills and iFit NordicTrack bicycles and ellipticals.
From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2023
Treadmills and ellipticals feature calorie counts as prominently as they do distance “traveled.”
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2023
The Virgo cluster is already the richest collection of galaxies known, replete with spirals and ellipticals and irregulars, a jewel box in the sky.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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