oval
Meanings
Noun
- An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
- A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
- In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
- A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
Adjective
- Having the shape of an oval.
- Of or pertaining to an ovum.
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Origin
- From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.
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