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Oval vs Trioval - What's the difference?

oval | trioval |

As nouns the difference between oval and trioval

is that oval is oval while trioval is a shape that is a hybrid of triangle and oval, sometimes used for motor racetracks.

oval

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
  • A sporting arena etc. of this shape.

    • Usage notes

    * Note: an ellipse is a precise mathematical shape, but an oval is not.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the shape of an oval.
  • Of or pertaining to an ovum.
    • oval conceptions

    Derived terms

    * ovaline * ovalish * ovally

    Usage notes

    The adjectives oval, ovate, and ovoid all come from roots meaning "egg-shaped". They are usually denotatively synonymous. A connotation of one end being bigger than the other (which is often true of eggs) may or may not be implied. Of the three, oval is the one mostly likely to connote a symmetrical ellipse.

    trioval

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shape that is a hybrid of triangle and oval, sometimes used for motor racetracks.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 7, author=Ray Glier, title=Talladega Nightmares for the Chase, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=It is a 2.66-mile trioval with long stretches of speed-building asphalt, which have been made less threatening by restrictor plates that cut the horsepower of the powerful stock car engines. }}