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octoid

octoid adjective: being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.

Adjective

octoid (not comparable)

  1. Being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.

Origin of octoid

From oct- + -oid.

Questions about octoid

What does octoid mean?
Octoid means being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.
What part of speech is octoid?
Octoid is an adjective.

Words near octoid in the dictionary

  1. octogynous
  2. octohedra
  3. octohedron
  4. octohedrons
  5. octoic
  6. octoid
  7. octoidal
  8. octolateral
  9. octolingual
  10. octolocular
  11. octology

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