areoid
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From areo- (“Mars”) -oid (“like”). From Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”), the Greek God of War, equivalent to the Roman God of War Mars (“Mars”), synonymous use for the Red Planet; and Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid”) suffix. Coined in analogy to geoid, the equivalent for planet Earth.
Noun
[edit]areoid (plural areoids)
- (astronomy, geology, planetology) The analogue of the geoid for the planet Mars; the Martian geoid. The gravitational and rotational equipotential surface for Mars. The surface that provides the datum line (the equivalent for sea level) for Mars.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- geoid (used in the generic sense)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- geoid (Earth)
- aphroditoid (Venus)