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6 dictionary results for: Oval
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
o·val       [oh-vuhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
2.ellipsoidal or elliptical.
–noun
3.an object of oval shape.
4.a body or plane figure that is oval in shape or outline.
5.an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.
6.Informal. a football.

[Origin: 1560–70; < NL ōvālis, equiv. to L ōv(um) egg1 + -ālis -al1]

o·val·ly, adverb
o·val·ness, noun
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o·val       (ō'vəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Resembling an egg in shape.
  2. Resembling an ellipse in shape; elliptical.

n.  
  1. An egg-shaped or elliptical form or figure.
  2. An elliptical track, as for racing or athletic events.


[Medieval Latin ōvālis, from Latin ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]

o'val·ly adv., o'val·ness n.
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oval 
1570, from M.L. ovalis "egg-shaped" (cf. Fr. oval, 1546), lit. "of or pertaining to an egg," from L. ovum "egg," from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" (see egg). The classical L. word was ovatus.

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oval

adjective
1. rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped

noun
1. a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant" [syn: ellipse

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Oval

O"val\, a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.]

1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]

2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.

3. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical.

Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work attached to it, and cut by the turning tool in the usual manner, becomes of an oval form.

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Oval

O"val\, n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Cassinian oval (Geom.), the locus of a point the product of whose distances from two fixed points is constant; -- so called from Cassini, who first investigated the curve. Thus, in the diagram, if P moves so that P A.P B is constant, the point P describes a Cassinian oval. The locus may consist of a single closed line, as shown by the dotted line, or of two equal ovals about the points A and B.

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