- pelecoid
- shaped like a hatchet; a hatchet-shaped geometrical figure
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Pelecoid — Pel e*coid, n. [Gr. ? a hatchet + oid.] (Geom.) A figure, somewhat hatched shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants. [Written also {pelicoid}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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pelicoid — Pelecoid Pel e*coid, n. [Gr. ? a hatchet + oid.] (Geom.) A figure, somewhat hatched shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants. [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pelicoid — Pel i*coid, n. See {Pelecoid}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shapes and Resemblance — This assortment of 370 adjectives all refer in some way to the form or shape of things. Some are more geometrically descriptive than others, while a number of terms refer to animal forms or shapes of obscure objects. Certain adjectives for shapes … Phrontistery dictionary
pelicoid — variant of pelecoid … Useful english dictionary
