adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
orbit
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Radial burns can also be used to circularize an elliptical orbit .
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In this cumbersome manner the elliptical orbits of the planets could all be defined within the context of the perfect circle.
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Kepler published his discovery of the elliptical orbits of planets in 1609.
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For example, consider a spacecraft flying in an elliptical orbit and burning its engines at the moment it reaches perigee.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A striking feature of this architectural style is the elliptical windows.
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Kepler first discovered the elliptical orbits of the planets.
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The earth moves around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
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The theme is often hard to find in his elliptical storytelling
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Compared with the lectures, the book is condensed, elliptical and impatient.
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First, how is successful communication possible despite the fact that many utterances produced are incomplete, elliptical or linguistically ill-formed?
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I gather from the elliptical description that follows that he began to patronize the coffee shop a lot more frequently.
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Karlin relates the oppressive anti-Semitism his forebears endured in a vague, almost elliptical style with dips into the stream of consciousness.
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The blade is as long as the petiole, elliptical , and dark green with very dark nerves.
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The body was supported on three-quarter elliptical springs at the end.
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The Earth is bowl-shaped and elliptical , with a length one and a half times its breadth.