oval
a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it (Freq. 3)
- the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant
• Syn:
ellipse
• Derivationally related forms:
elliptic (for: ellipse), elliptical (for: ellipse)
• Hypernyms:
conic section, conic
• Hyponyms:
circle
rounded like an egg (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval-shaped, ovate,
oviform, ovoid, prolate
• Similar to:
rounded
• Derivationally related forms:
ovoid (for: ovoid), ellipse (for: elliptical), ellipse (for: elliptic), ellipticity (for: elliptic)
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