Etymology

lineoid

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Today it means: the set of points in 3-dimensional space that are also points in 4-dimensional space Full definition →

Latin linea
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlinea“line”
  2. English todaylineoid

From line + -oid, from Latin linea (“line”).

Words from the same roots

Latinlinea all →

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