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periplegmatic

periplegmatic adjective: of or pertaining to a space curve contained between two concentric spheres with its concave side facing always toward the common centre of the two spheres.

Adjective

periplegmatic (comparative more periplegmatic, superlative most periplegmatic)

  1. Of or pertaining to a space curve contained between two concentric spheres with its concave side facing always toward the common centre of the two spheres.
    • A space curve contained between two concentric spheres and with its concave side facing always toward the common center of the two spheres is said to be periplegmatic. The radius vector of a periplegmatic curve is of length between the radii of the two spheres. At the maxima and minima of the...1972, Yusuke Hagihara, Celestial Mechanics: Perturbation Theory, MIT Press

Forms of periplegmatic

comparativemore periplegmatic
superlativemost periplegmatic

Questions about periplegmatic

What does periplegmatic mean?
Periplegmatic means of or pertaining to a space curve contained between two concentric spheres with its concave side facing always toward the common centre of the two spheres.
What part of speech is periplegmatic?
Periplegmatic is an adjective.

Words near periplegmatic in the dictionary

  1. periplasting
  2. periplastronal
  3. periplasts
  4. periplatform
  5. periplectic
  6. periplegmatic
  7. peripleural
  8. peripli
  9. periplocin
  10. periplocogenin
  11. periplocoside

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