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toplike

toplike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a spinning top.

Adjective

toplike (comparative more toplike, superlative most toplike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a spinning top.
    • Later astronomers understood that this motion is caused by a toplike motion of Earth known as precession. If you have ever played with a gyroscope or top, you have seen how the spinning mass resists any sudden change in the direction of its axis of rotation.2015, Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman, The Solar System

Forms of toplike

comparativemore toplike
superlativemost toplike

Origin of toplike

From top + -like.

Questions about toplike

What does toplike mean?
Toplike means resembling or characteristic of a spinning top.
What part of speech is toplike?
Toplike is an adjective.

Words near toplike in the dictionary

  1. toplifts
  2. toplight
  3. toplighted
  4. toplighting
  5. toplights
  6. toplike
  7. topline
  8. toplined
  9. topliner
  10. topliners
  11. toplines

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