Umbilic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In geometry, a point of a surface where the radii of curvature are all equal, and a sphere osculates the surface.
  • Same as umbilical.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The navel; the center.
  • noun. An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5 (b).
  • adjective. See umbilical, 1.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or having a navel or umbilicus
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