Ovoid

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ovoid \O"void\, Ovoidal \O*void"al\, a. [Ovum + -oid: cf. F.
     ovo["i]de.]
     Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal
     apple.
  
     Syn: oviform.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ovoid \O"void\, n.
     A solid resembling an egg in shape.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ovoid
       adj : rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic}, {elliptical},
              {oval}, {ovate}, {oviform}, {prolate}]
       n : an egg-shaped object

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "ovoid":
     bulblike, bulbous, egg-shaped, ellipse, ellipsoid, global, globate,
     globe-shaped, globed, globelike, globoid, globose, globular,
     hemispheric, obovate, obovoid, orb, orbed, orbic, orbicular,
     orbiculate, orblike, orby, oval, ovate, oviform, ovule,
     sphere-shaped, spherelike, spheric, spheriform, spheroid