The orbit around Sirius is elliptical.
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Elliptical
//ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "elliptical" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
2 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 19 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- উপবৃত্তাকার adj (oval)
Bulgarian
1 entries- елиптичен adj (oval)
Catalan
2 entries- el·líptic adj (oval)
- el·líptic adj (showing ellipsis)
Czech
1 entries- eliptický adj (oval)
Danish
4 entries- ellipseformet adj (oval)
- elliptisk adj (oval)
- elliptisk adj (showing ellipsis)
- ufuldendt adj (showing ellipsis)
Dutch
2 entries- elliptisch adj (oval)
- elliptisch adj (showing ellipsis)
Finnish
4 entries- elliptinen adj (oval)
- elliptinen adj (showing ellipsis)
- niukkasanainen adj (concise, condensed)
- soikea adj (oval)
French
2 entries- elliptique adj (oval)
- elliptique adj (showing ellipsis)
Galician
2 entries- elíptico adj (oval)
- elíptico adj (showing ellipsis)
Hindi
1 entries- अंडाकार adj (oval)
Irish
4 entries- doiléir adj (showing ellipsis)
- focalbháiteach adj (showing ellipsis)
- timpeallach adj (showing ellipsis)
- éilipseach adj (oval)
Italian
1 entries- ellittico adj (oval)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- elliptisk adj (oval)
- elliptisk adj (concise, condensed)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- elliptisk adj (oval)
- elliptisk adj (concise, condensed)
Polish
2 entries- eliptyczny adj (oval)
- eliptyczny adj (showing ellipsis)
Portuguese
1 entries- elíptico adj (oval)
Russian
4 entries- кра́ткий adj (concise, condensed)
- сжа́тый adj (concise, condensed)
- эллипти́ческий adj (oval)
- эллипти́ческий adj (showing ellipsis)
Spanish
1 entries- elíptico adj (oval)
Swedish
1 entries- elliptisk adj (oval)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Sirius has an elliptical orbit.
Source: tatoeba (2949260)
Our solar system is elliptical in shape. That means it is shaped like an egg.
Source: tatoeba (3955416)
Our solar system has an elliptical shape and is part of a galaxy known as the Milky Way.
Source: tatoeba (3955428)
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