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dendroid

/ˈdɛn.drɔɪd/

Translations

dendroidnoun

dendroids

/ˈdɛndrɔɪd/

/ˈdɛnˌdrɔɪd/

Used in mathematics/topology and biology as a countable noun referring to a tree-like structure or continuum.

Synonyms

ramified form

branching structure

tree-like structure

arborescent form

dendroidadjective

more dendroid

Comp.

most dendroid

Super.

/ˈdɛn.drɔɪd/

The dendroid structure of the coral reef was fascinating to the marine biologists.

Дендроидная структура кораллового рифа была захватывающей для морских биологов.

Synonyms

dendroidnoun

A tree-like connected continuum, especially one that is hereditarily unicoherent, studied in continuum theory.

In topology, a dendroid can be thought of as a continuum that resembles a branching tree without loops.

dendroidadjective

Resembling a tree in form; branching.

The dendroid structure of the coral made it look like an underwater forest.