Etymology

gömböc

Today it means: A convex shape which, if made of a uniformly dense material, has one stable equilibrium orientation and one unstable equilibrium orientation. Full definition →

Hungarian gömböc
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  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromgömböc“short, plump person; gömböc”
  2. English todaygömböc

From Hungarian gömböc (“short, plump person; gömböc”).

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