incurvate vs oval

incurvate

adj
  • Curved; bent; crooked. 

  • bending inwards. 

verb
  • to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards. 

  • To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to. 

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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