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Meaning of 'oval' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Oval [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
- 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.
- Broadly elliptical.
2 . Oval [ n.]
- A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Meaning of 'oval' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . oval [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
Example in sentence:
  • the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant

Nearby Words:

ova ovalbumen ovalbumin ovaliform ovally ovant ovaria ovarial ovarian ovaries

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