oval Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
    ellipse.
    • the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant
  2. adjective satellite rounded like an egg
    oval-shaped; prolate; ovate; ovoid; elliptic; elliptical; egg-shaped; oviform.

WordNet

O"val adjective
Etymology
F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. Obs.
  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. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical.
O"val noun
Definitions
  1. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Webster 1913