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oloid

oloid noun: a three-dimensional curved geometric object, the convex hull of a skeletal frame made by placing two linked congruent circles in perpendicular planes, so that the center of each circle lies on the other circle.

Noun

oloid (plural oloids)

  1. A three-dimensional curved geometric object, the convex hull of a skeletal frame made by placing two linked congruent circles in perpendicular planes, so that the center of each circle lies on the other circle.
    • Furthermore, we derive the expectations of the mean width, the surface area and the volume of the intersections of a fixed oloid and a moving ball, as well as of a fixed and a moving oloid.2016, Uwe Bäsel, “The mean width of the oloid and integral geometric applications of it”, in arXiv

Forms of oloid

pluraloloids

Questions about oloid

What does oloid mean?
Oloid means a three-dimensional curved geometric object, the convex hull of a skeletal frame made by placing two linked congruent circles in perpendicular planes, so that the center of each circle lies on the other circle.
What part of speech is oloid?
Oloid is a noun.
What is the plural of oloid?
The plural of oloid is oloids.

Words near oloid in the dictionary

  1. ologist
  2. ologists
  3. Ologun
  4. Ologuns
  5. ology
  6. oloid
  7. oloids
  8. ololiuhqui
  9. ololiuqui
  10. ololygmancy
  11. Olom Haba

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