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ovoid

egg-shaped
Not to be confused with:
avoid – elude; keep away from; shun
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o·void

 (ō′void′) also o·voi·dal (ō-void′l)
adj.
Shaped like an egg: an ovoid fruit; ovoid spots.
n.
Something that is shaped like an egg.
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ovoid

(ˈəʊvɔɪd)
adj
1. egg-shaped
2. (Botany) botany (of a fruit or similar part) egg-shaped with the broader end at the base. Compare obovoid
n
something that is ovoid
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o•void

(ˈoʊ vɔɪd)

adj.
1. egg-shaped; having the solid form of an egg.
n.
3. an ovoid body.
[1820–30; < New Latin ōvoīdēs]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ovoid - an egg-shaped objectovoid - an egg-shaped object      
solid - a three-dimensional shape
Adj.1.ovoid - rounded like an egg
rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
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ovoid

adjective
Resembling an egg in shape:
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Translations

ovoid

[ˈəʊvɔɪd]
A. ADJovoide
B. Novoide m
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ovoid

adjeiförmig, ovoid
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ovicular

, ovoid
a. ovicular, en forma de huevo.
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He covers linear codes over finite fields, cyclic codes over finite fields, designs and codes, designs of binary Reed-Muller codes, affine invariant codes and their designs, weights in some BCH codes over GF(q), designs from four types of linear codes, designs from primitive BCH codes, designs from codes with regularity, designs from QR and self-dual codes, designs from arc and MDS codes, designs from ovoid codes, and quasi-symmetric designs from bent codes.
Square, ovoid and tapered are the three main categories of dental arch form.4 In order to achieve an aesthetically pleasant and functionally stable orthod ontic treatment results, it is fundamental to correctly identify and maintain the patient pre-treatment arch form.2,4 According to long-term studies on retention, alteration to the arch form results in more post-treatment changes as compared to when the arch form is maintained.6,9 Evidence suggests that one of the most definitive ways of increasing post-treatment stability is by the maintenance of the pre-treatment arch form where the teeth are meant to be in their stable position.10-12
Ovoid, or egg-shaped, structures are considered an indigenous design in architecture as the round shape mimics the surrounding natural elements such as the earth, stones and tree trunks.
They may be limited to splenium (type I, ovoid or band shaped) or extend into callosal radiations, frontoparietal subcortical white matter, to the rest of the corpus callosum, and even cerebellum (type 2).
An ovoid fat density structure with surrounding peripheral inflammatory change was noted in the left lower quadrant adjacent to a loop of descending colon, consistent with epiploic appendagitis (Figure 1).
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You should quit smoking, exercise regularly, ovoid overweight, monitor your sugar and blood pressure levels, and a healthy diet rich in fiber, fresh fruit and vegetables that help reduce absorption of harmful substances from the intestines and monitor your blood cholesterol.
Eggy arts and crafts at the Mac CELEBRATE everything ovoid in a full day of art and craft activities with a distinctly eggy flavour at Mac in Edgbaston on March 31.
Within the Euseiini, this genus is diagnosed on the basis of different characters, including the reduced, vase shaped or ovoid female ventrianal shield; peritreme usually short, not reaching to level of setae j3; chelicera reduced, with small teeth on fixed digit clustered apically and with inner margin strongly concave, and movable digit with one or no tooth.
For example, the Luca Carati Plie pendant appears to be an ovoid encrusted in diamonds at first sight.