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homoeoid

homoeoid noun: a boundlessly thin shell constrained by a couple of similar surfaces with nearly identical orientations.

Noun

homoeoid (plural homoeoids)

  1. A boundlessly thin shell constrained by a couple of similar surfaces with nearly identical orientations.

Forms of homoeoid

pluralhomoeoids

Origin of homoeoid

From homoe- + -oid, from Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

Words formed from homoeoid

Questions about homoeoid

What does homoeoid mean?
Homoeoid means a boundlessly thin shell constrained by a couple of similar surfaces with nearly identical orientations.
What part of speech is homoeoid?
Homoeoid is a noun.
What is the plural of homoeoid?
The plural of homoeoid is homoeoids.

Words near homoeoid in the dictionary

  1. homoeogeneous
  2. homoeogenesis
  3. homoeograph
  4. homoeographs
  5. homoeography
  6. homoeoid
  7. homoeoidal
  8. homoeoids
  9. homoeologies
  10. homoeologous
  11. homoeologue

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