Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work attached to
it, and cut by the turning tool in the usual manner, becomes of an oval
form.
O"val, n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an
ellipse.
Cassinian oval (Geom.), the locus of a point the product of whose
distances from two fixed points is constant; -- so called from Cassini,
who first investigated the curve. Thus, in the diagram, if P moves so
that P A.P B is constant, the point P describes a Cassinian oval. The
locus may consist of a single closed line, as shown by the dotted line,
or of two equal ovals about the points A and B.
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{ O`val*bu"min (?), O`val*bu"men (?), } n. [Ovum + albumin.] (Physiol.
Chem.) The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction
from serum albumin. See Albumin.
O*val"i*form (?), a. [Oval + -form.] Having the form of an egg; having
a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter
will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will
be oval.
O"val*ly (?), adv. In an oval form.
O"vant (?), a. [L. ovans triumphant, p. pr. of ovare to exult.]
Exultant. [Obs.] Holland.
{ O*va"ri*an (?), O*va"ri*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to an ovary.
O*va"ri*ole (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of
most insects are composed.
O*va`ri*ot"o*mist (?), n. One who performs, or is skilled in,
ovariotomy.
O*va`ri*ot"o*my (?), n. [Ovarium + Gr. &?; to cut.] (Surg.) The
operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.
O*va"ri*ous (?), a. Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. [R.]
Thomson.
||O`va*ri"tis (?), n. [NL. See Ovarium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation
||of the ovaries.
||O*va"ri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Ovaria (#), E. Ovariums (#). [NL.] An
||ovary. See Ovary.
O"va*ry (?), n.; pl. Ovaries (#). [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F.
ovaire. See Oval.] 1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the
seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust.
of Flower.
2. (Zoöl. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the
ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.