English Explanatory Dictionary

Lissajous figure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.

Word forms

Lissajous figure Lissajous figures

Etymology

Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.

Synonyms

Lissajous curve

Related words

Lissajous knot Lissajous orbit harmonograph
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