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ovalizing

ovalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 ovalizing

What is ovalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ovalizing is the present participle and gerund of ovalize.

Words near ovalizing in the dictionary

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

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