obround

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English

A sketch of an obround shape

Etymology

From ob- +‎ round.

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obround (plural obrounds)

  1. (geometry) A plane shape consisting of two semicircles connected by parallel lines tangent to their endpoints.
  2. A feature or component with an obround shape.
    • 1959, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Minutes of the seventh annual Atomic Energy Commission Welding Conference:
      Four slugs of wrought boron containing stainless steel containing 1 and 2 wt % boron were prepared from 1 in. thick plate material as 1-1/8 in. dla. x 5 in. long obrounds and irradiated in the MTR reactor for a preliminary engineering check of []

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