Ovalize

verb

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Verb
  1. 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."

Example

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

Etymology

From oval + -ize.

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