What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Zonoid vs Zooid - What's the difference?

zonoid | zooid |

As nouns the difference between zonoid and zooid

is that zonoid is (mathematics) a vector sum of line segments while zooid is .

zonoid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) A vector sum of line segments

    • zooid

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
  • (zoology) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
  • (zoology) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.

    • Derived terms

    * autozooid

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal.