After taking gold in the halfpipe snowboarding event in each of the past two Olympics, American star Shaun White was in line to add some additional hardware to his trophy case with a medal in the new slopestyle event in Sochi...
Any point of an oval belongs to an arc with a constant radius (shorter or longer), but in an ellipse, the radius is continuously changing. In common speech. In common speech, oval means a shape rather like an egg or an ellipse, which may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional.
See all translations. uk â /ËsÉªm.bÉl/ us â /ËsÉªm.bÉl/. B2 a sign, shape, or object that is used to represent something else: A heart shape is the symbol of love. The wheel in the Indian flag is a symbol of peace.