See Also: deviator(dictionary)

tripoli (iou) and deviator (iou)


tripoli (iou)



tripoli noun. E17.
[French from Tripoli, either of two towns on the Mediterranean, one in Lebanon, the Other the capital of Libya.]
= ROTTEN-stone. E17.
tripoli polish, tripoli powder, tripoli stone.
A large, mild onion; the plant producing a bulb of this kind. Also tripoli onion. E19.

deviator (iou)



deviator noun. M17.
[from DEVIATE verb + -OR.]
1. A person who or thing which deviates. M17.
2. Math. The non-isotropic component of a tensor, esp. a stress tensor. M20.
deviatoric adjective (Math.) of, associated with, or represented by a deviator M20.