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ovalizes

ovalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ovalize.

Meaning of ovalize

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.
    • The pipe partially restrains the elbow from ovalization but the elbow tendency to ovalize forces the pipe to ovalize.1974, I. S. Tuba, R. A. Selby, Wallace B. Wright, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Analysis and Computers, page 99

Questions about ovalizes

What is ovalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ovalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ovalize.

Words near ovalizes in the dictionary

  1. ovality
  2. ovalization
  3. ovalizations
  4. ovalize
  5. ovalized
  6. ovalizes
  7. ovalizing
  8. Ovalle
  9. ovallike
  10. ovalling
  11. ovally

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