English

Verb

ovalize ‎(third-person singular simple present ovalizes, present participle ovalizing, simple past and past participle ovalized)

1. Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.
   • 1974, I. S. Tuba, R. A. Selby, Wallace B. Wright, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Analysis and Computers, page 99:

     The pipe partially restrains the elbow from ovalization but the elbow tendency to ovalize forces the pipe to ovalize.

   • 2003, G. A. Antaki, Piping and Pipeline Engineering, page 285:

     Under the effect of soil and external loads, the buried pipe will tend to ovalize, causing through-wall bending stresses.

   • 2012, Karl J. Niklas, Hanns-Christof Spatz, Plant Physics, page 192:

     We say “in theory” because the cross section of a thin-walled tube can ovalize upon bending, which can lead to a local collapse of the tube.