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Webster 1913 Edition

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: cf. F.

ovoïde

Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate;

as, an

ovoidal

apple

Syn. – oviform.

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:10.1126/science.278.5337.449, 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.