English Explanatory Dictionary

Didonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.

Word forms

Didonia Didonias

Etymology

In allusion to the classical story of Queen Dido, who was granted the land she could encompass with a piece of bull hide.

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