polhode

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/ˈpɒl.hoʊd/

noun

The wobble of a spinning body.

OriginAncient Greek πόλοδος →
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Meanings

nounpolhode (plural polhodes)

plural polhodes

  1. The wobble of a spinning body.

    Since the polhodes are the intersection of the surface of the ellipsoid with a cone, Eq. (3), whose apex is at the center of the ellipsoid, and since the cone has two nappes, there are two curves on the ellipsoid for each value of d.

    1960, William Duncan MacMillan, Dynamics of rigid bodies, page 210

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπόλοδος
  2. Englishpolhode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλοδος (pólodos), meaning "path of the pole", from πόλος (pólos, “pole, axis”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, road”).

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