ovoid
11ovoid — /oh voyd/, adj. 1. egg shaped; having the solid form of an egg. 2. ovate (def. 2). n. 3. an ovoid body. [1820 30; < NL ovoides. See OVI , OID] * * * …
12ovoid — o|void [ˈəuvɔıd US ˈou ] adj formal [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: ovoïde, from Latin ovum; OVUM] shaped like an egg >ovoid n …
13ovoid — A three dimensional form shaped like an egg oval from some points of view, and circular from others. The adjectival form can be either ovoid or ovate, although ovate can refer to something either two or three dimensional. (pr. oh voyd) …
14ovoid — [ əʊvɔɪd] adjective 1》 (of a solid or a three dimensional surface) more or less egg shaped. 2》 (of a plane figure) oval. noun an ovoid body or surface. Origin C19: from Fr. ovoïde, from mod. L. ovoides, from L. ovum egg …
15ovoid — adjective shaped like an egg ovoid noun (C) …
16ovoid — o•void [[t]ˈoʊ vɔɪd[/t]] adj. 1) bot egg shaped; having the solid form of an egg 2) bot ovate 2) 3) an ovoid body • Etymology: 1820–30; < NL ōvoīdēs …
17ovoid — /ˈoʊvɔɪd / (say ohvoyd) adjective 1. egg shaped; having the solid form of an egg. 2. → ovate (def. 2). –noun 3. an ovoid body. {Latin ōvum egg + oid} …
18ovoid — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a solid or of a surface) egg shaped. 2 oval, with one end more pointed than the other. n. an ovoid body or surface. Etymology: F ovoiumlde f. mod.L ovoides (as OVUM) …
19Ovoid (projective geometry) — In PG(3,q), with q a prime power greater than 2, an ovoid is a set of q2 + 1 points, no three of which collinear (the maximum size of such a set).[1] When q = 2 the largest set of non collinear points has size eight and is the complement of a… …
20Ovoid (polar space) — An ovoid O of a (finite) polar space of rank r is a set of points, such that every subspace of rank r − 1 intersects O in exactly one point. Contents 1 Cases 1.1 Symplectic polar space 1.2 Hermitian polar space …
