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o·val 
[oh-vuhl] Pronunciation Key
[oh-vuhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped. |
| 2. | ellipsoidal or elliptical. |
| 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. |
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| o·val
(ō'vəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
[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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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