Etymology

homaloidal

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Today it means: flat; even; applied to surfaces and spaces in which the Euclidean definitions, axioms, and postulates respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὁμαλός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁμαλός“even, level”
  2. English todayhomaloidal

Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “even, level”) + + -oid.

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