ovoid
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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
The historical society is also displaying ceramic works by the Queens-based artist Sana Musasama that are inspired by Mr. Commeraw’s designs, with ovoid forms splashed in cobalt.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Le Corbusier also casually threw out specific ideas that Fuller would pursue at length, including the concept of a streamlined car with an ovoid frame.
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
Vocabulary lists containing ovoid
Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 2
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2014 Vocabulary Video Contest (M-Z)
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The Sword of Summer
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