OVAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oval mean? 

• OVAL (noun)
  The noun OVAL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OVAL used as a noun is very rare.

• OVAL (adjective)
  The adjective OVAL has 1 sense:

1. rounded like an egg

  Familiarity information: OVAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

ellipse; oval

Context example:

the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant

Hypernyms ("oval" is a kind of...):

conic; conic section ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oval"):

circle (ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point)

Derivation:

oval (rounded like an egg)

• OVAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rounded like an egg

Synonyms:

egg-shaped; elliptic; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped; ovate; oviform; ovoid; prolate

Similar:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

A solid or semi-solid in a singular unit that is rectangular or oval in shape.

(Bar Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Round to oval hypertrophic type II pneumocytes with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm line alveolar walls.

(Alveoli Epithelial Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

An oval shaped cavity at the upper extremity of the nasal duct.

(Lacrimal Sac, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of oval to spindle-shape cells that resemble the cells of the endometrial stroma, without evidence of significant atypia and pleomorphism.

(Low Grade Endometrioid Stromal Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Large star-shaped or pyramidal cells with a large oval nucleus and a small prominent nucleolus.

(Kupffer Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A diffuse large B-cell lymphoma characterized by the presence of immunoblasts with uniformly round-to-oval nuclei, a prominent nucleolus, and abundant cytoplasm.

(Immunoblastic Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The low grade endometrioid stromal sarcoma is characterized by the presence of oval to spindle-shape cells that resemble the cells of the endometrial stroma, without evidence of significant atypia and pleomorphism.

(Endometrioid Stromal Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The nucleus is oval, usually situated at the base of the cell.

(Columnar Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The cellular infiltrate is composed of mononuclear round or oval cells and multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells, in a rich vascular stroma.

(Giant Cell Tumor of Soft Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral of a pair of small oval masses that protrude slightly from the posteroinferior aspect of the thalamus; commonly considered a part of the metathalamus.

(External Geniculate Body, NCI Thesaurus)