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ovoid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, prolate |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | solid |
Examples of ovoid
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The domes are both octagonal, the roof of the eastern one being slightly ovoid.
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Such ovoid vessels are becoming somewhat fashionable in California's wine regions.
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The whole virion is slightly pleiomorphic, ranging from ovoid to brick shape.
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Graceful dolphins form the handles on an ovoid bowl and the stems of two candlesticks.
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They form aggregate clusters of small, narrowly ovoid to pear-shaped bulbs.
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The seeds are ovoid, 2-3mm long, with prominent style remnants at the apex.
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Crop scientists developed new, ovoid tomatoes that the machines found easier to handle.
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Rounded on top and flat on the bottom, usually circular or ovoid shape?
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The oogonia of certain Thallophyte species are usually round or ovoid.
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- An egg-shaped object
- In technical drawing, an oval (from Latin ovum, 'egg') is a figure constructed from two pairs of arcs, with two different radii (see image on the right). The arcs are joined at a point, in which lines tangential to both joining arcs lie on the same line, thus making the joint smooth. ...
- An ovoid O of a (finite) polar space of rank r is a set of points, such that every subspace of rank intersects O in exactly one point.
- In PG(3,q), with q a prime power, an ovoid is a set of points, no three of which collinear.
- Something that is oval in shape; Shaped like an oval; Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate
- (Ovoids) Moundlike structures on Venus, possibly caused by crustal expansion, measuring half a mile high and 100 to 350 miles in diameter; also called coronae.
- A solid with an ovate outline.
- Egg-shaped in three dimensions. cf. ovate.
- A design element used in Northwest Coast Indian art, described as a rounded rectangle, angular oval, or an eggshape.
