homoeoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A boundlessly thin shell constrained by a couple of similar surfaces with nearly identical orientations.

Word forms

homoeoid homoeoids

Etymology

From homoe- + -oid, from Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

Derived words

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