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What is the noun for ovals?

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oval
  1. A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
  2. A sporting arena etc. of this shape.
  3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points, no three collinear, such that there is a unique tangent line at each point. (A tangent line is defined as a line meeting the point set at only one point, also known as a 1-secant.)
  4. Synonyms:
ovality
  1. (engineering) a measurement of deviation from circularity of an oval or approximately elliptical shape.
  2. Examples:
    1. “When you're faced with the problems of ovality, camber, or drift in drawn or cast tubing, we'll use counterboring to re-size a hole to a controlled dimension.”
      “Technology for precision measurement of diameter, ovality, wall thickness, concentricity, eccentricity and inside diameter is provided by the company.”
ovalization
  1. The process of ovalizing; the process of changing to an oval shape.
ovalling
  1. (engineering) distortion into an oval shape
ovaling
  1. (engineering) Alternative form of ovalling
ovalness
  1. The quality of being oval.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In this study, three groups of people with different degrees of myopia were assessed for optic disc ovalness, refractive error and axial length.”
      “To put it paradoxically, it is an ellipse which has no ellipticity, an oval without any ovalness!”
ovalizations
  1. plural of ovalization
ovalities
  1. plural of ovality
ovals
  1. plural of oval
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The thin circles are patrols, the thicker squares are scouters, the large ovals are divisions, and the rectangles are squadrons.”
      “Wash the zucchini, cut them into 5mm thick ovals, and then cut each oval into thick matchsticks.”
      “Elongated upright ovals, rendered with translucent washes of yellowish paint, rise up from the bottom of the panel like mountains.”
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