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polhodes

polhodes is the plural of polhode.

Meaning of polhode

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

Questions about polhodes

What is polhodes the plural of?
Polhodes is the plural of polhode.

Words near polhodes in the dictionary

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

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