oval
nomadjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈəʊvəl//
- États-Unis//ˈoʊvəl//
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg. A two-dimensional one.
nom
- 1
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg. A two-dimensional one.
Near-synonym: ellipse
- 2
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg. A three-dimensional one.
- 3
A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward. The panels were frosted save for ovals of clear glass at face level.
On the dirt oval's far side
- 4
A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
- 5
In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
Étymologie
From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.
adjectif
- 1
Having the shape of an oval.
- 2
Of or pertaining to an ovum.
oval conceptions
Every congenital abnormality is doubtless due to a peculiarity in the sperm or oval elements or in their mingling, or to some disturbance in their early development.
Formes
- pluriel
- ovals
- comparatif
- more oval
- superlatif
- most oval
oval · An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg. A two-dimensional one.
Oval · A cricket ground in South London.oven · A chamber used for baking or heating.over · Finished; ended; concluded.