different between ovaline vs ovalize

English

Etymology

From oval +? -ine. Compare opaline.

Adjective

ovaline (comparative more ovaline, superlative most ovaline)

1. (nonstandard) Synonym of oval: having an elongated round shape.
   • 1862, "Mr. Axtell", The Atlantic Monthly, volume 10, page 447:

     Obeying the mighty behest, I beheld, and an ovaline picture, painted in the artistry of heaven, let down from the crystalline walls, that I might not see, and held fast by a cord of gold, safe in an angel's keeping, God had sent for me to look upon.

   • 1994, Tito Perdue, The New Austerities, p. 33:

     He took two bottles, one of which held an ovaline pill that was faintly pink and bore a label on it with a picture of the moon.

   • 2013, Steve Moody, The Gossamer Intervention, page 272:

     Passing the large, ovaline swimming pool with its pretty little wooden bridge that connected the adult swimming and children's splashing areas, they skirted along the sea-side edge of the main hotel and then veered to the right when they came to the croquet lawn.

Anagrams

• Evolian, violane

English

Etymology

oval +? -ize

Verb

ovalize (third-person singular simple present ovalizes, present participle ovalizing, simple past and past participle ovalized)

1. Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.
   • 1974, I. S. Tuba, R. A. Selby, Wallace B. Wright, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Analysis and Computers, page 99:

     The pipe partially restrains the elbow from ovalization but the elbow tendency to ovalize forces the pipe to ovalize.

   • 2003, G. A. Antaki, Piping and Pipeline Engineering, page 285:

     Under the effect of soil and external loads, the buried pipe will tend to ovalize, causing through-wall bending stresses.

   • 2012, Karl J. Niklas, Hanns-Christof Spatz, Plant Physics, page 192:

     We say “in theory” because the cross section of a thin-walled tube can ovalize upon bending, which can lead to a local collapse of the tube.