Many names wrote:
Quite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_(geometry)
when are you idiots going to learn that wikipedia is NEVER a legitimate source of information.
Many names wrote:
Quite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_(geometry)
when are you idiots going to learn that wikipedia is NEVER a legitimate source of information.
4runner wrote:
Wow-- I stand corrected-- it looks like a track is "stadium"-shaped...
Hmm......don't you feel like a jacka$$ now?
Didn't I say that first?
4runner wrote:
malmo wrote:It's neither an ellipse nor an oval; it's a rounded rectangle.
Ding, ding, ding-- we have a winner!!!
Thanks...
It can't be defined by one shape.
It is a rectangle with semi-circles at each end and the short ends of the rectangle removed.
toro wrote:
It can't be defined by one shape.
It is a rectangle with semi-circles at each end and the short ends of the rectangle removed.
That's what has been described as a "stadium." How about reading all the responses before putting in your useless 2 cents.
toro wrote:
It can't be defined by one shape.
It is a rectangle with semi-circles at each end and the short ends of the rectangle removed.
I think you're correct: It's recti-oval.
Below are standard track dimensions.
r = 36.8m
straits = 84.3894 m x 2
lanes = 48" x 9
"straits" = 84.3894 m x 2
.....dire
Stadium is a special case of a rounded rectangle, so both are correct. Just like a square is a type of rectangle.
Sp..Sp...Sp wrote:
"straits" = 84.3894 m x 2
.....dire
Yeah, but it's a step up from a single "s", which I extended to straits. I could have used "x", but how clear would that've been?
Reeport Guy wrote:
I think you're correct: It's recti-oval.
Below are standard track dimensions.
r = 36.8m
straits = 84.3894 m x 2
lanes = 48" x 9
There is no such thing as a "standard" track dimension, except that the lanes be (as of 2004) 1.22m (48").
Track measuring man wrote:
There is no such thing as a "standard" track dimension, except that the lanes be (as of 2004) 1.22m (48").
USATF Rule 162 in accordance with IAAF Track and Field Facilities Manual
r = 35m - 38m *radius "must" be in this range
lanes = 1.22m
Therefor a 36.8m r-based track is "a" standard track, but it is not "the" standard track.
it's an obround.
OBROUND
I said loop-de-loop, dammit.
All shapes can be broken down to their component parts; i.e. lines connected and shaped under certain conditions. Some configurations have been given specific names. In this case ‘stadium’ refers to two semicircles connected by two straight parallel lines. Please don’t limit our language just because you’ve never heard the term before.
Stadium is what I’ve heard it called but I haven’t found a firm credible source. I like it, so I’ll still use it, but I’ll concede that ‘obround’ seems to be more generally accepted as the name for the shape. Merriam Webster is he most credible source I found for a solid definition.
The earth is flat. The track is on the flat earth. Thus the track is flat. So the shape is flat. Flat.
pudendum
Square
Areb wrote:
Stadium is what I’ve heard it called but I haven’t found a firm credible source. I like it, so I’ll still use it, but I’ll concede that ‘obround’ seems to be more generally accepted as the name for the shape. Merriam Webster is he most credible source I found for a solid definition.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obround
+1
OBROUND