- published: 04 Oct 2015
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An oval (from Latin ovum, "egg") is a closed curve in a plane which "loosely" resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.) it is given a more precise definition. In common English, the term is used in a broader sense; any shape which reminds one of an egg. The 3-dimensional version of an oval is called an ovoid.
The term oval when used to describe curves in geometry is not well-defined, except in the context of projective geometry. Many distinct curves are commonly called ovals or are said to have an "oval shape". Generally, to be called an oval, a plane curve should resemble the outline of an egg or an ellipse. In particular, the common traits that these curves have are:
Examples of ovals described elsewhere include:
An ovoid is the 3-dimensional surface generated by rotating an oval curve about one of its axes of symmetry. The word ovoidal refers to the characteristic of being an ovoid and is often used as a synonym for "egg shaped".
Actors: Elisha Cook Jr. (actor), Don Haggerty (actor), Murray Alper (actor), Leonard Bremen (actor), Billy Gray (actor), Phil Arnold (actor), Griff Barnett (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), James Dime (actor), Gene Collins (actor), Jay Eaton (actor), Leif Erickson (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Ted Hecht (actor),
Plot: Chubunka is the self-made head of the rackets in the sleazy boardwalk community of Neptune City, a low-rent version of Coney Island. He has become infatuated with a sultry nightclub chanteuse and lavishes her with gifts and attention, spending money on her that might better go to maintaining his hold on his operation. His obsession with her, as well as his pride, clouds his judgment as Cornell, a much more ruthless hoodlum, moves in on Chubunka's territory, bribes and threatens his associates, and compromises his operation. As if in a Greek tragedy, the petty gangster's weaknesses conspire to cause his downfall.
Keywords: amusement-pier, b-movie, based-on-novel, betrayal, blackmail, boardwalk, bribe, bribery, brother-in-law, cashier