ovoidal
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl
Adjective
ovoidal (comparative more ovoidal, superlative most ovoidal)
- somewhat ovoid
- 1997 October 17, S. D. Hudson et al., “Direct Visualization of Individual Cylindrical and Spherical Supramolecular Dendrimers”, in Science, volume 278, number 5337, DOI:, pages 449-452:
- A transition from an ovoidal to a spherical shape by increasing the generation number has been predicted for dendrimers (8 ).
- 1872, James Y. Simpson, Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1:
- It consists of a roundish or ovoidal ball, apparently of rock-crystal, about an inch and a half in diameter, and protected by a silver mounting.
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Anagrams
- ovaloid
Romanian
Etymology
From French ovoïdal.
Adjective
ovoidal m or n (feminine singular ovoidală, masculine plural ovoidali, feminine and neuter plural ovoidale)
- ovoid
Declension
Declension of ovoidal
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | ovoidal | ovoidală | ovoidali | ovoidale | ||
| definite | ovoidalul | ovoidala | ovoidalii | ovoidalele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | ovoidal | ovoidale | ovoidali | ovoidale | ||
| definite | ovoidalului | ovoidalei | ovoidalilor | ovoidalelor | |||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oboiˈdal/ [o.β̞oi̯ˈð̞al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: o‧voi‧dal
Adjective
ovoidal (plural ovoidales)
- ovoidal
Further reading
- “ovoidal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014