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Poloid

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oloidnoun(geometry) A three-dimensional curved geometric object, the convex hull of a skeletal frame made by placing two linked congruent circles in perpendicular planes, so that the center of each circle lies on the other circle.
toroidnounA ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.
herpolhodenoun(mathematics) The surface created by the rotation of a rigid body
rotoidnoun(mathematics) A generalised helicoid.
circloidnoun(mathematics) A variant of a cycloid being the locus of a point on a circle that rolls around another circle
polarnoun(geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
poidnounThe curve traced by the centre of a sphere when it rolls or slides over a surface having a sinusoidal profile.
torusnoun(geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
axoidnoun(mathematics) A helix surrounding an axis
loopnounA length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
spiralnoun(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
clothoidnoun(mathematics) A plane curve whose curvature at any point is proportional to distance along it.
trochoidnoun(geometry) The curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line
hypotrochoidnoun(geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates inside the perimeter of another circle.
pseudospherenoun(geometry) Any of various surfaces with constant negative Gaussian curvature.
hyperboloid of revolutionnoun(geometry) The surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around one of its principal axes.
helicoidnoun(mathematics) A minimal surface in the form of a flattened helix
polaritynounThe separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
conoidnounAnything shaped like a cone
torroidnounMisspelling of toroid. [(mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.]

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