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Meanings of irregular ellipse in English

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Usage of irregular ellipse in English
1
These terminal stations are arranged in the form of an irregular ellipse and are eleven in number.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
2
A single large irregular ellipse may be described on one day, and two smaller ones by the same plant on the next day.
The Power of Movement in Plants
3
We can, however, see that the successively formed irregular ellipses rose higher and higher.
The Power of Movement in Plants
4
The number of irregular ellipses or circles made within a given time differs much with different species.
The Power of Movement in Plants
5
Both these leaves certainly circumnutated, making within the above period two, or two and a half, small, irregular ellipses.
The Power of Movement in Plants
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On the next day it circumnutated in a greater degree, describing four irregular ellipses, and by 3 P.M. had risen into a horizontal position.
The Power of Movement in Plants
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There can be little doubt that it would ultimately have become upright by describing an additional number of irregular ellipses, one above the other.
The Power of Movement in Plants
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36), which apparently represents four or five irregular ellipses, described in the course of a little over 12 hours.
The Power of Movement in Plants
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