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ovoid

[oh-void] / ˈoʊ vɔɪd /


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Like islands in an ocean, white ovoid outlines appeared amid the background puddle of stain—vaults.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024

The pavilion consisted of a series of exhibitions — including a puppet-style show about data processing — nested underneath a 90-foot tall ovoid theater known as the Information Machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Near the intersection of Commonwealth and Mount Vernon avenues, the neighborhood’s two biggest thoroughfares, stands “Three Eggs in Space,” an ovoid limestone art installation.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

It was a streamlined, futuristic vehicle with three wheels, a periscope, and an ovoid body that reminded observers of a tadpole or a flying fish.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2022

Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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