Opalize vs Ovalize - What's the difference?
opalize | ovalize |
To convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
To make opalescent.
Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.
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As verbs the difference between opalize and ovalize
is that opalize is to convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form while ovalize is of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.opalize
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Alternative forms
*opaliseVerb
(opaliz)ovalize
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Verb
(ovaliz)- The pipe partially restrains the elbow from ovalization but the elbow tendency to ovalize' forces the pipe to ' ovalize .
- Under the effect of soil and external loads, the buried pipe will tend to ovalize , causing through-wall bending stresses.
- 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.
