Elliptical

(a.) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.

(a.) Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.

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• There is only one turn; one large, elliptical, rising and falling turn and you are back where you have started. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• In his second endeavor Adams assumed that the unknown planet had an elliptical orbit. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• But it was concluded after experiment that a rectangular form was the best, as it is more rigid than either a cylindrical or elliptical tube. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Indeed, he is inclined to identify with the latter systems the small luminous elliptical areas in the heavens reported by Maupert uis in 1742. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In this the pistons consisted of two cog wheels, their leaves intermeshing, and rotated in an elliptical shaped chamber. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It was thus that the hypothesis that the planets move in circular orbits, recommended by its simplicity and ?sthetic quality, was forced to give way to the hyp othesis of elliptical orbits. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It is slowly distorted by the attractions of the other planets, for ages it may be nearly circular, for ages it is more or less elliptical. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They are bent into an elliptical curve, with a rise in the middle of twenty-eight feet. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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