limaçon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plane curve with polar equation ρ=a+b, sin ,θ or ρ=a+b, cos ,θ, of which the cardioid is a special case.

Word forms

limaçon limaçons limacon cedilla

Etymology

From French limaçon, ultimately from Latin limax (“snail”).

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