cyclic vs oval

cyclic

adj
  • Able to be inscribed in a circle. 

  • Firing at its full cyclic rate. 

  • Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring. 

  • Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals. 

  • Having parts arranged in a whorl. 

  • Being generated by only one element. 

noun
  • The flight control used to control a helicopter's direction and rate of horizontal movement by tilting the lift vector of the helicopter's main rotor disk. 

oval

adj
  • Having the shape of an oval. 

  • Of or pertaining to an ovum. 

noun
  • A thing having such a shape, such as an arena. 

  • In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point. 

  • An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse. 

  • A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape. 

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