oval

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cassinian oval (Geom.), the locus of a point the product of whose distances from two fixed points is constant; -- so called from Cassini, who first investigated the curve. Thus, in the diagram, if P moves so that P A.P B is constant, the point P describes a Cassinian oval. The locus may consist of a single closed line, as shown by the dotted line, or of two equal ovals about the points A and B. [ 1913 Webster ]

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{ } n. [ Ovum + albumin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oval + -form. ] Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval. [ 1913 Webster ]