Shapes

Synonyms for ellipse

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampShapes

a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

The planet traces a slow ellipse around its star.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

oval

Same sentence, swapped: The planet traces a slow oval around its star.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for ellipse as it is used in the sentence above.

parabola
caustic
sinus

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Closest first: other shapes words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

tortuousadjectivewindingmarked by repeated turns and bendsHigh CampHas a reason line sagnoundroopa shape that sagsHigh CampHas a reason line shapelessadjectiveformlesshaving no definite form or distinct shapeHigh Camp towernouncolumnanything that approximates the shape of a column or towerTreelineHas a reason line bendnoun, verbtwista circular segment of a curveTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line godlyadjectivedivineemanating from GodRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line goryadjectivebloodstainedcovered with bloodHigh Camp graduateverbcalibratemake fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuringHigh CampHas a reason line

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