What's the difference between elliptic and ovate?

Elliptic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Elliptical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this paper we present a robust algorithm to determine automatically contours with elliptical shapes.
  • (2) The results of the rapid-freeze and deep-etch procedure showed that the ridges observed by the surface replica method consisted of linear arrangements of elliptical particles on the ES face of the plasma membrane.
  • (3) The interaction with these lipids, the rotational conformations of the 17-acetyl group, and invertible conformations of the cyclohexenone of PROG were discussed on the basis of the elliptical strength of the Cotton effect and energy estimation of the preferred conformers.
  • (4) Similar aftereffects were obtained whether the area of the test stimulus was fixed or varied randomly from trial to trial, and whether the test stimulus was rectangular or elliptical.
  • (5) Raji consistently exhibited the highest and SU-AMB-1 the lowest polymerase activity and ellipticity.
  • (6) As univariate predictors, the variance of nuclear roundness, the mean of ellipticity, the Gleason score, age, and clinical stage were statistically significant predictors of disease progression when analyzed with Kaplan-Meier survival curves.
  • (7) The thermodynamics of this self-association have been evaluated by studying the temperature- and concentration-dependence of the mean residue ellipticity at 220 nm.
  • (8) In addition, it appears that the population of Elschnig type III nerve heads includes higher elliptical values than that for the Elschnig type II nerve heads.
  • (9) Protein unfolding was detected by ellipticity changes at 222 nm with increasing concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl).
  • (10) Ontogenetic data on developmental stages I-IV of 3678 melanosomes based on geometric considerations (length, width, shape, and area) showed that MSH did not induce a complete transformation from spherical phaeomelanosomes to elliptical eumelanosomes.
  • (11) On 62 of 100 pediatric bladder sonograms a small, elliptical, hypoechoic structure was observed on the middle of the anterosuperior surface of the urinary bladder.
  • (12) The spatial extension of these megalospermatocyte populations is spherical to elliptical, some of them look like a section of a spiral around the longitudinal axis of the seminiferous tubule.
  • (13) In the case of the inclined model and a vertical beam the diffusion field was elliptical, with a still more diffuse transition to the fields above and below than in the case of the vertical model and a horizontal beam.
  • (14) CD measurements gave equal [theta] values for lysozyme and derivative at the two negative ellipticity bands at 208 and 220 nm.
  • (15) LH-RH nerve processes terminated mainly in the infurdibular radix within an elliptical zone surrounding the bases of the infundibular recessus.
  • (16) Similar, but far smaller, effects were seen in a region with an elliptical cross-section and when the flow was made pulsatile.
  • (17) The correlation showed the advantages of planning using optimal schemes in volumes with an elliptical and irregular section by the criteria of homogeneity of target contour irradiation, the lessening of radiation exposure beyond the target and an increase in the absolute value of minimum dose rate at the border of an irradiated volume.
  • (18) There was no positive ellipticity, and the spectrum was not characteristic of collagen.
  • (19) (b) Chemical input is received from unidentified presynaptic neurons containing either round or elliptical vesicles.
  • (20) The kinetics of regain of the native ellipticity in the far- and near-UV spectra have been investigated during the refolding at pH 7.8 and 20 degrees C of guanidine-unfolded, nonreduced hen egg white lysozyme.

Ovate


Definition:

  • (a.) Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
  • (a.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He was given a standing ovation as he arrived on stage for the launch event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, San Francisco.
  • (2) The duo were given a standing ovation as they took to the stage helped by Evans and guest presenter Robbie Savage.
  • (3) The audience, energised by an early heckler who was swiftly ejected from the hall at Jerusalem's International Convention Centre, received Obama's message with cheers, applause, whistles and several standing ovations.
  • (4) But Forster spares them that need by charging off hie line to claim it himself, bringing an ovation from the relieved crowd!
  • (5) After a standing ovation from the 1,000 strong audience, Christie responded: "I hear exactly what you are saying and I feel the passion with which you say it.... And so my answer to you is just this: I thank you for what you're saying, and I take it in and I'm listening to every word of it and feeling it too."
  • (6) He may have received a standing ovation at Monday’s Hollywood premiere, but his genius contribution was to have no input.
  • (7) It was very dramatic, and the audience all rose to their feet, so there was a standing ovation right at the beginning.
  • (8) Atlético’s supporters had broken into spontaneous applause for their team as soon as Bale put Carlo Ancelotti’s side ahead, and the ovation did not stop even when the game ran away from them and the score started to feel like a deception.
  • (9) Bachmann was there to kick off Tea Party's Annual Blogger Awards: After being introduced as a “true Tea Partier to the core” and “one of the number one targets” of the liberal news media, Rep. Michele Bachmann has arrived at the conference to a packed room and a standing ovation to introduce the Tea Party’s annual blogger awards.
  • (10) His seventh goal in his last seven games for Wales, after a calamitous mistake from Radja Nainggolan, was the difference on a evening that ended with the Real Madrid forward leaving the field to a standing ovation two minutes from time.
  • (11) Today, tonight, I’m going to announce my retirement from professional soccer.” For a moment the crowd protested, a collective “Nooooo!” interspersed with sporadic shouts of “one more year!” But quickly they pulled together to give their outgoing captain the ovation that he deserved.
  • (12) It seemed nearly impossible for Texas senator Ted Cruz to speak at the event without being interrupted by a standing ovation.
  • (13) Gerrard had had a hand in all four goals – it was his pass that picked out Henderson for the third – and unsurprisingly received an ovation when he made way for Joe Allen.
  • (14) The German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, won a standing ovation at the Christian Democrat's party conference in Leipzig with calls to block all moves by the European Central Bank to buy more than token numbers of Italian bonds.
  • (15) When Mourinho withdrew Drogba in injury- time, allowing him to enjoy a personal ovation from all corners of the ground, the cautionary finger raised to the manager's lips as he greeted his player seemed to suggest that Drogba had done his talking where it counted.
  • (16) Today, these dancers generate standing ovations and five-star reviews.
  • (17) The outgoing deputy prime minister, who was given a standing ovation as he entered the room, said: “I always expected this election to be exceptionally difficult for the Liberal Democrats, given the heavy responsibilities we’ve had to bear in government in the most challenging of circumstances.
  • (18) Guests are always shown deference – Dingell was, for example, given a standing ovation before he had even spoken, and another once he had finished.
  • (19) Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt were always on the technocratic wing of New Labour, politicians who never roused a conference audience to its feet in spontaneous ovation.
  • (20) But on Saturday, Corbyn and Diane Abbott , the shadow home secretary, appeared on stage to cheers and a standing ovation from some 1,600 attendees at the Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) rally at Friends Meeting House in central London.

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