elliptical

Example Sentences

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After making a dinner one night, the ring asked whether I’d been on the elliptical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

Supermoon's occur because the Moon's orbit around Earth is not perfectly circular, but slightly elliptical - meaning it is sometimes closer to us than at other times.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Because if planets had very elliptical orbits, so that their paths intersected, sooner or later there would be a collision.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan