Oblong vs. Oval

Oblongadjective

Longer than wide or wider than long; not square.

Oblongadjective

Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.

Oblongnoun

Something with an oblong shape.

Oblongnoun

A rectangle having length greater than width or width greater than length.

Oblongnoun

A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.

Oblongnoun

a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation

Oblongadjective

of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides

Oblongnoun

a rectangular object or flat figure with unequal adjacent sides

Oblongadjective

having the shape of an oblong

Ovalnoun

A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.

Ovalnoun

A sporting arena etc. of this shape.

Ovalnoun

(math) 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.)

Ovaladjective

Of or pertaining to an ovum.

Ovaladjective

Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.

Ovaladjective

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.

Ovalnoun

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

Ovalnoun

a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it;

Ovaladjective

rounded like an egg

Ovaladjective

having a rounded and slightly elongated outline or shape like that of an egg

Ovalnoun

a body, object, or design with an oval shape or outline

Ovalnoun

an oval sports field or racing track.

Ovalnoun

a ground for Australian Rules football.

Oval

An oval (from Latin ovum, ) is a closed curve in a plane which 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, which may include either one or two axes of symmetry of an ellipse.