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homaloidal

homaloidal adjective: flat; even; applied to surfaces and spaces in which the Euclidean definitions, axioms, and postulates respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

Adjective

homaloidal (not comparable)

  1. flat; even; applied to surfaces and spaces in which the Euclidean definitions, axioms, and postulates respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
    • homoloidal net
    • homoloidal plane

Origin of homaloidal

Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “even, level”) + + -oid.

Words formed from homaloidal

Questions about homaloidal

What does homaloidal mean?
Homaloidal means flat; even; applied to surfaces and spaces in which the Euclidean definitions, axioms, and postulates respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
What part of speech is homaloidal?
Homaloidal is an adjective.

Words near homaloidal in the dictionary

  1. homalocephalids
  2. homalodotheriid
  3. homalodotheriids
  4. homalographic
  5. homaloid
  6. homaloidal
  7. homaloids
  8. homalonotid
  9. homalonotids
  10. homalonychid
  11. homalonychids

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