Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or relating to the form of a prismoid.
- In entomology, noting long bodies when they have more than four faces: as, prismoidal joints of the antennæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the form of a prismoid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the form of a
prismoid .
Etymologies
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prismoid + -al
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Examples
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State the prismoidal formula; would you use it in calculating earthwork?
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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[Footnote *: Strictly, the prismoidal formula should be used, but it complicates the study unduly, and for practical purposes the above may be taken as the volume.]
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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