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Tech/Engineering - Mathematics & Statistics / Geometry | | French term or phrase: patatoïde | Hi
Is there an English equivalent of this or should I call it a "random shape"? A "spudoid"?!! ;-)
Here's a definition from Wiki:
Un patatoïde est un volume dans un espace géométrique qui est absolument dépourvu de toute symétrie ou de toute propriété remarquable. Ce nom dérive de la pomme de terre (patate), dont l'aspect est similaire.
Le terme est couramment utilisé dans l'enseignement de la géométrie pour désigner un objet sans propriété géométrique utile.
Many thanks in advance. |
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| | English translation:potato shaped | Explanation:
It appears that English-speaking scientists don't feel the need to add a scientific-sounding "-oid" to make themselves appear cleverer than mere mortals.
The average main belt asteroid LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE A POTATO so during each rotational period, it presents two elongated sides, and two shortened ends [ ... ] Asteroid light curves have two minimum and maximum due to their usual elongated POTATO SHAPE and its rotations
www.handsonuniverse.org/hs/.../lab2WISEhouKalliopeLightCurv...
for example) would create such a perfect geometric pattern. .... with any possible shadow cast by the moon Phobos, which is an IRREGULAR POTATO SHAPE. ...
www.informantnews.com/phobos/index.html
However, the relationship between these geometric fea- .... ticular an oblong or “POTATO” SHAPE, may never become a good sphere. ...
www.iop.org/EJ/article/0026-1394/31/3/009/metv31i3p231.pdf
see that the POTATO-SHAPE ASTEROID has dimensions approximately of 540m x 270m ... and geometry and in deciding the spots where to try the touch downs. ...
www.astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/hayabusa/page2_english.htm
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the POTATO SHAPE and 4:2: 1 shape ratio discussed above, can account for the debris particle ..... The relationship between the various forces and geometric ...
smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/2026/1/tps-673.pdf
particles are case specific but a 40 E.r.m diameter and a POTATO SHAPE is typical. ... However, gears with a finite geometry and more complex boundary ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/004316489506592X
The toner particles may have a size such that the upper geometric standard .... [0095]The morphology of the particles is smooth and "POTATO" SHAPE. ...
www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090047591
of the sieve might be graphically depicted as a POTATO SHAPE. (See. Figure 8). .... In such a system, the geometry of the part is ...
www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA447702...U2...
faces and geometric primitives. Several of these techniques are inadequate for ...... and consisted of various shapes such as a POTATO SHAPE with var- ...
www.sci.utah.edu/~allen/materials/Sanderson_Dissertation.pd...
Potatoes come in many and varied shapes. Maybe the ones Asker buys have been sorted and calibrated. I get them thicker at one end than the other, narrower in the middle, bent, heart-shaped, with nodules ... |
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Bourth
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Local time: 19:47
| Grading comment Well if it's good enough for asteroids... Thanks Bourth.
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Explanation:
It appears that English-speaking scientists don't feel the need to add a scientific-sounding "-oid" to make themselves appear cleverer than mere mortals.
The average main belt asteroid LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE A POTATO so during each rotational period, it presents two elongated sides, and two shortened ends [ ... ] Asteroid light curves have two minimum and maximum due to their usual elongated POTATO SHAPE and its rotations
www.handsonuniverse.org/hs/.../lab2WISEhouKalliopeLightCurv...
for example) would create such a perfect geometric pattern. .... with any possible shadow cast by the moon Phobos, which is an IRREGULAR POTATO SHAPE. ...
www.informantnews.com/phobos/index.html
However, the relationship between these geometric fea- .... ticular an oblong or “POTATO” SHAPE, may never become a good sphere. ...
www.iop.org/EJ/article/0026-1394/31/3/009/metv31i3p231.pdf
see that the POTATO-SHAPE ASTEROID has dimensions approximately of 540m x 270m ... and geometry and in deciding the spots where to try the touch downs. ...
www.astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/hayabusa/page2_english.htm
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
the POTATO SHAPE and 4:2: 1 shape ratio discussed above, can account for the debris particle ..... The relationship between the various forces and geometric ...
smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/2026/1/tps-673.pdf
particles are case specific but a 40 E.r.m diameter and a POTATO SHAPE is typical. ... However, gears with a finite geometry and more complex boundary ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/004316489506592X
The toner particles may have a size such that the upper geometric standard .... [0095]The morphology of the particles is smooth and "POTATO" SHAPE. ...
www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090047591
of the sieve might be graphically depicted as a POTATO SHAPE. (See. Figure 8). .... In such a system, the geometry of the part is ...
www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA447702...U2...
faces and geometric primitives. Several of these techniques are inadequate for ...... and consisted of various shapes such as a POTATO SHAPE with var- ...
www.sci.utah.edu/~allen/materials/Sanderson_Dissertation.pd...
Potatoes come in many and varied shapes. Maybe the ones Asker buys have been sorted and calibrated. I get them thicker at one end than the other, narrower in the middle, bent, heart-shaped, with nodules ...
| Bourth
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Local time: 19:47
Native speaker of:  English
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| | Grading comment | Well if it's good enough for asteroids... Thanks Bourth. |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: Indeed, even the ones I buy on the market are lovely ovals when I would love to find a rude carrot and a heart-shaped spud!
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