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An eclipse is another name for an oval.
The shape of a flattened circle is called an ellipse. The shape is similar to an oval and some may mistakenly call it an oval.
There are several different "oval" shapes. A running track, which comprises two semicircles separated by two straight stretches is an oval. So is the cross section of an egg - a shape in which the cross-sectional width does not change uniformly. Another example is the ellipse. Because all these shapes are called ovals, there is no single name.
2d, or two demensional
An ellipse is the proper name for an oval shape, however, a circle is a closed curved shape similar to an oval shape.