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polhode

/ˈpɒl.hoʊd/

polhode noun: the wobble of a spinning body.

Noun

polhode (plural polhodes)

  1. The wobble of a spinning body.
    • Since the polhodes are the intersection of the surface of the ellipsoid with a cone, Eq. (3), whose apex is at the center of the ellipsoid, and since the cone has two nappes, there are two curves on the ellipsoid for each value of d.1960, William Duncan MacMillan, Dynamics of rigid bodies, page 210

Forms of polhode

pluralpolhodes

Origin of polhode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλοδος (pólodos), meaning "path of the pole", from πόλος (pólos, “pole, axis”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, road”).

Questions about polhode

What does polhode mean?
Polhode means the wobble of a spinning body.
What part of speech is polhode?
Polhode is a noun.
How do you pronounce polhode?
Polhode is pronounced /ˈpɒl.hoʊd/.
What is the plural of polhode?
The plural of polhode is polhodes.

Words near polhode in the dictionary

  1. poleá
  2. Polglish
  3. Polhamus
  4. Polhamuses
  5. polhemusite
  6. polhode
  7. polhodes
  8. poli sci
  9. poli-sci
  10. Polia
  11. poliad

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