"aphroditoid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aphroditoids [plural]
Etymology: aphrodito- (“Venus”) + -oid (“like”). From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Aphrodite”), the Greek Goddess of Love, equivalent to the Roman Goddess of Love Venus (“Venus”), synonymous use for the planet; and Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid”) suffix. Coined in analogy to geoid, the equivalent for planet Earth. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|aphrodito|oid|gloss1=Venus|gloss2=like}} aphrodito- (“Venus”) + -oid (“like”), {{l|en|Aphrodite}} Aphrodite, {{uder|en|grc|Ἀφροδίτη|gloss=Aphrodite}} Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Aphrodite”), {{l|en|Venus}} Venus, {{m|la|Venus|gloss=Venus}} Venus (“Venus”), {{uder|en|grc|-ειδής|gloss=-oid}} Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid”), {{m|en|geoid}} geoid Head templates: {{en-noun}} aphroditoid (plural aphroditoids)
  1. (astronomy, geology, planetology) The analogue of the geoid for the planet Venus; the Venusian geoid. The gravitational and rotational equipotential surface for Venus. The surface that provides the datum line (the equivalent for sea level) for Venus. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Geology, Planetology Synonyms: aphroid (alt: uses the shorter prefix aphro- instead of the longer aphrodito-), Venusian geoid, Venus geoid Hypernyms: geoid (english: used in the generic sense) Coordinate_terms: geoid (english: Earth), areoid (english: Mars)

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