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Webster 1913 Edition


Oval

O′val

,
Adj.
[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.

O′val

,
Noun.
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 1828 Edition


Oval

O'VAL

,
Adj.
[L. ovum, an egg.]
1.
Of the shape or figure of an egg; oblong; curvilinear; resembling the longitudinal section of an egg. It is sometimes synonymous with elliptical; but an ellipsis is equally broad at both ends, and is not strictly egg-shaped.
2.
Pertaining to eggs; done in the egg; as oval conceptions.

O'VAL

,
Noun.
A body or figure in the shape of an egg.

Definition 2024


Oval

Oval

See also: oval and ovál

English

Proper noun

Oval

  1. (cricket, with The) A cricket ground in South London.

oval

oval

See also: Oval and ovál

English

Noun

oval (plural ovals)

  1. A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
  2. A sporting arena etc. of this shape.
  3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points, no three collinear, such that there is a unique tangent line at each point. (A tangent line is defined as a line meeting the point set at only one point, also known as a 1-secant.)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

oval (comparative more oval, superlative most oval)

  1. Having the shape of an oval.
  2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.
    oval conceptions

Derived terms

Usage notes

The adjectives oval, ovate, and ovoid all come from roots meaning "egg-shaped". They are usually denotatively synonymous. A connotation of one end being bigger than the other (which is often true of eggs) may or may not be implied. Of the three, oval is the one mostly likely to connote a symmetrical ellipse.

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Asturian

Adjective

oval (epicene, plural ovales)

  1. oval (oval-shaped)

Synonyms


Catalan

Etymology

ou + -al

Adjective

oval m, f (masculine and feminine plural ovals)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (plural ovals)

  1. oval

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German

Adjective

oval (comparative ovaler, superlative am ovalsten)

  1. oval

Synonyms

  • eiförmig
  • eirund

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ovalis

Pronunciation

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovaler, definite plural ovalene)

  1. an oval

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ovalis

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovalar, definite plural ovalane)

  1. an oval

References


Portuguese

Adjective

oval m, f (plural ovais, comparable)

  1. oval (shaped like an egg)

Synonyms


Spanish

Adjective

oval m, f (plural ovales)

  1. oval (shaped like an oval)

Synonyms

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