elliptical shape
oval-shaped; egg-shaped; elliptical
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Oval Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
(a.)
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.
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.
(a.)
Broadly elliptical.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutBroadly elliptical.
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.
oval
\o"val\, n. a body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
similar words(3)
oval chuck
cassinian oval
cartesion oval
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"
(synonym) ellipse
(hypernym) conic section, conic
(hyponym) circle
Adjective
1. rounded like an egg
(synonym) egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
(similar) rounded
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Oval Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Oval Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An oval (from Latin ovum, "egg") is a closed curve in a plane which "loosely" resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.) it is given a more precise definition. In common English, the term is used in a broader sense; any shape which reminds one of an egg. The 3-dimensional version of an oval is called an ovoid.
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Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) is an international, information security, community standard to promote open and publicly available security content, and to standardize the transfer of this information across the entire spectrum of security tools and services. OVAL includes a language used to encode system details, and an assortment of content repositories held throughout the community. The language standardizes the three main steps of the assessment process: representing configuration information of systems for testing; analyzing the system for the presence of the specified machine state (vulnerability, configuration, patch state, etc.); and reporting the results of this assessment. The repositories are collections of publicly available and open content that utilize the language.
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