Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flat oval

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: flat o-val
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of racetrack, where the circuit is not banked to allow for track in cornering, thus missing positive camber needed to transform centrifugal force into normal force and traction. The shape footprint of the oval itself is unrelated to being "flat", as it only deals with the banking of the track and not the shape traced out by the track.

Inflected Forms

flat ovals (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oval banked oval

Questions

What does flat oval mean?: A type of racetrack, where the circuit is not banked to allow for track in cornering, thus missing positive camber needed to transform centrifugal force into normal force and traction. The shape footprint of the oval itself is unrelated to being "flat", as it only deals with the banking of the track and not the shape traced out by the track.

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