as in oval
a shape that resembles a flattened circle
The teacher drew an ellipse on the chalkboard that intended to illustrate the moon's orbit around the Earth.
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Recent Examples of ellipse
The ellipse enclosing these locations is called an error ellipse.
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Toshi Hirabayashi, Space.com, 23 July 2025
The Oakley Ellipse 50th Anniversary pair, designed to reflect the ellipse of the Oakley logo, retains the brand's futurist aesthetic with the lens shape and curve, known at Oakley as the PhysioMorphic Geometry.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Helicopters and World War II-era warplanes will fly overhead and Army parachutists will soar down to the White House's ellipse, where Trump will preside over the parade from a presidential booth.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 15 June 2025
There are also plans for a parachute jump by the Army's Golden Knights at the White House ellipse.
—Nik Popli, Time, 12 June 2025
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Toshi Hirabayashi, Space.com, 23 July 2025
The Oakley Ellipse 50th Anniversary pair, designed to reflect the ellipse of the Oakley logo, retains the brand's futurist aesthetic with the lens shape and curve, known at Oakley as the PhysioMorphic Geometry.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Helicopters and World War II-era warplanes will fly overhead and Army parachutists will soar down to the White House's ellipse, where Trump will preside over the parade from a presidential booth.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 15 June 2025
There are also plans for a parachute jump by the Army's Golden Knights at the White House ellipse.
—Nik Popli, Time, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ellipse
Noun
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Values, like the cars themselves, are all over the map, and today an early oval-window car can ascend well above $150,000 in concours condition, with a car in good condition worth $35,000 or more.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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Her mom with her creamy complexion, her oval face, the beauty mark next to her ear, and the slight hunch in her shoulders that nobody can see but me.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As the researchers discovered, Iberian harvester queens’ eggs develop differently depending on whether the queen needs mates to produce future Iberian harvester ant queens, or a hybrid workforce that makes up 99% of the colony.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Yes, the high-profile egg inflation has moderated.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to Burlison, the video shows a high-speed object—presumably the missile—hitting the orb, which then deforms, tumbles, and sheds smaller fragments, one barely visible.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The orb continued on its trajectory after the strike.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Ellipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ellipse. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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