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homeoids

homeoids is the plural of homeoid.

Meaning of homeoid

Noun

homeoid (plural homeoids)

  1. A shell bounded by two similar ellipsoids having a constant ratio of axes http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Homeoid.html.
    • Steady-state solutions for the motion of a passively gravitating globular cluster (GC) inside an inhomogeneous, rotating, ellipsoidal elliptical galaxy (EG) are considered. It is assumed that an EG with a halo is comprised of a triaxial ellipsoid consisting of two layers. The first is formed by an...2012, S. A. Gasanov, “Steady-state solutions for the motion of a globular cluster in an inhomogeneous, rotating elliptical galaxy”, in Astronomy Reports, volume 56, number 6, SPRINGER, pages 469–482

Questions about homeoids

What is homeoids the plural of?
Homeoids is the plural of homeoid.

Words near homeoids in the dictionary

  1. homeograph
  2. homeographs
  3. homeography
  4. homeoid
  5. homeoidal
  6. homeoids
  7. homeokinesis
  8. homeokinetic
  9. homeokinetics
  10. homeoloci
  11. homeolocus

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