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homoeoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ho-moeoid
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

homoeoids (plural)

Derived Forms

homoeoidal

Questions

What does homoeoid mean?
A boundlessly thin shell constrained by a couple of similar surfaces with nearly identical orientations.
Where does homoeoid come from?
From homoe- + -oid, from Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

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