English Explanatory Dictionary

lemniscate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
  2. The lemniscate of Bernoulli
  3. Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.

Pronunciation

/lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/ /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lemniscate.wav

Word forms

lemniscate lemniscates

Etymology

First attested in 1781; borrowed from New Latin lēmniscāta (figūra), substantivized from lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”), from lēmniscus (“a sort of ribbon”).

Synonyms

infinity infinity symbol

Derived words

lemniscate case lemniscate constant lemniscate function lemniscate inverse curve lemniscate of Bernoulli lemniscate of Booth lemniscate of Gerono lemniscate of Huygens lemniscatic
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