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Meanings of great ellipse in English

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Usage of great ellipse in English
1
Consequently the ascending and descending lines did not coincide, and a single great ellipse was formed each day.
The Power of Movement in Plants
2
As had been planned, it had lost so much speed by the encounter that it fell back again along a great ellipse.
2001. A Space Odyssey
3
There is, first, the great ellipse in which we now know the meteors revolve once every thirty three and one quarter years.
Great Astronomers
4
He must be rising out into space along a great ellipse-and ,ina few hours, he would be back at his starting point.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
5
The leaf each day described a single great ellipse; for it should be observed that the ascending and descending lines do not coincide.
The Power of Movement in Plants
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