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orbiform

orbiform noun: a plane for which the distance between the points of contact of two nonequal parallel tangents at a circle is the same everywhere.

Noun

orbiform (plural orbiforms)

  1. A plane for which the distance between the points of contact of two nonequal parallel tangents at a circle is the same everywhere.

Forms of orbiform

pluralorbiforms

Questions about orbiform

What does orbiform mean?
Orbiform means a plane for which the distance between the points of contact of two nonequal parallel tangents at a circle is the same everywhere.
What part of speech is orbiform?
Orbiform is a noun.
What is the plural of orbiform?
The plural of orbiform is orbiforms.

Words near orbiform in the dictionary

  1. orbifolded
  2. orbifolding
  3. orbifoldings
  4. orbifoldized
  5. orbifolds
  6. orbiform
  7. orbiforms
  8. orbifrontal
  9. orbiliaceous
  10. Orbilian
  11. Orbilius

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