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Definition of Ovalness
1. the state of being oval [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovalness
Literary usage of Ovalness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documents of the Senate of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1916)
"The ovalness of many varieties of V. vinifera is so pronounced that some have
given this as a species characteristic and have assumed that ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"Vibration or even entire instability of the arm of the break due to ovalness or
other imperfections of the friction drum. 1. The heat generated in the ..."
3. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century by Agnes Mary Clerke (1893)
"He showed, in 1787, that it was due to a very slow change in the ovalness of the
earth's orbit, tending, during the present age of the world ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1904)
"Twelve weeks after the accident no evidence of the injury was present, except a
slight ovalness of the pupil and a few small white spots in the macular ..."
5. Wimples and Crisping Pins: Being Studies in the Coiffure and Ornaments of Women by Theodore Child (1894)
"... and the veil thrown over it a miracle of elegance — so true is it that there
are certain undulating contours, a certain ovalness of face, ..."
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