HOMALOIDAL

Etymology

Adjective

homaloidal (not comparable)

(geometry) flat; even; applied to surfaces and spaces in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

Source: Wiktionary


Hom"a*loid, Hom`a*loid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Geom.)

Definition: Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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