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Definition of Oval

1. Noun. A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it. "The sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"

Definition of Oval

1. a. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.

2. n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Definition of Oval

1. an oval (egg-shaped) figure or object [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oval

1. 1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. 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. 3. Broadly elliptical. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse. 4. Cassinian oval, 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, the locus may consist of a single closed line, or of two equal ovals about points A and B. Origin: F. Ovale, fr. L. Ovum egg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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