English Explanatory Dictionary

clothoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plane curve whose curvature at any point is proportional to distance along it.

Word forms

clothoid clothoids

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλώθω (klṓthō, “I spin”) + -oid.

Synonyms

Cornu spiral Euler spiral
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