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pseudo-umbilical

pseudo-umbilical is the alternative form of pseudoumbilical.

Meaning of pseudoumbilical

Adjective

pseudoumbilical (not comparable)

  1. Umbilical in the direction of the mean curvature vector field everywhere.
    • We also characterize the pseudoumbilical ones in terms of soliton curves for the inverse curve shortening flow and minimal Legendrian immersions in odd-dimensional spheres.2015, Ildefonso Castro, Ana M. Lerma, “Homothetic solitons for the inverse mean curvature flow”, in arXiv
  2. Having the appearance or some of the properties of a navel (umbilicus) or an umbilical cord.
    • A pseudoumbilical hernia is generally present but contains no gut ; true inguinal hernia is not uncommon.1905, Hubert Richardson, The thyroid and parathyroid glands, page 157

Questions about pseudo-umbilical

What is pseudo-umbilical the alternative form of?
Pseudo-umbilical is the alternative form of pseudoumbilical.

Words near pseudo-umbilical in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-TLD
  2. pseudo-TLDs
  3. pseudo-Tudo
  4. pseudo-type
  5. pseudo-types
  6. pseudo-umbilical
  7. pseudoabelian
  8. pseudoabsence
  9. pseudoabsences
  10. pseudoacacia
  11. pseudoacacias

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