Ovoid vs. Oval

Ovoidadjective

Shaped like an oval.

Ovoidadjective

Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.

Ovoidnoun

Something that is oval in shape.

Ovoidadjective

Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.

Ovoidnoun

A solid resembling an egg in shape.

Ovoidnoun

an egg-shaped object

Ovoidadjective

rounded like an egg

Ovoidadjective

(of a solid or a three-dimensional surface) more or less egg-shaped.

Ovoidadjective

(of a plane figure) oval, especially with one end more pointed than the other.

Ovoidnoun

an ovoid body or surface.

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

Having the shape of an oval.

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.

Ovaladjective

Broadly 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.