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Webster 1913 Edition


Pelecoid

Pel′e-coid

,
Noun.
[Gr.
πέλεκυσ
a hatchet +
-oid
.]
(Geom.)
A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants.
[Written also
pelicoid
.]
Math. Dict.