car|di|oid

car|di|oid
car|di|oid «KAHR dee oyd», noun, adjective.
–n.
a mathematical curve shaped rather like a heart, being the path of a point on the circumference of a circle when the circle rolls around a fixed circle of equal size.
–adj.
having the shape of a heart.
[< Greek kardioeid heart-shaped < kardíā heart + eîdos form]

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