elliptical
Example Sentences
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The asteroid orbits around the sun on an elliptical path that also approximates the Earth's.
From Reuters
The prose Han deploys, at once evocative and elliptical, complements her characters’ inner torment and alienation.
From Washington Post
Riding in an Orion capsule, the astronauts will travel on an elliptical orbit that loops as far out as 1,800 miles above Earth, giving the astronauts time to see how Orion’s systems work.
From New York Times
Watching “Enys Men” unfold, I kept thinking of the classic 1963 version of “The Haunting,” and the well-seeded notion from that ghost story’s elliptical terror that a house could want something from a visitor.
From Los Angeles Times
Volcanoes with irregular or more elliptical openings didn’t typically form rings.
From New York Times
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