The process of ovalizing; the process of changing to an oval shape.

present participle of ovalize

simple past tense and past participle of ovalize

Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ovalize

(engineering) Alternative form of ovalling

(medicine, anatomy, embryology) An opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart that normally closes after birth.

The official office of the President of the United States, located in the West Wing of the White House.

plural of foramen ovale

(geometry) A plane curve defined as the set (or locus) of points in the plane such that the product of the distances to two fixed points is constant (related to an ellipse, for which the sum of the distances is constant).