lemniscate

Noun

Meaning

A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

infinity symbol infinity figure eight figure of eight ellipsograph lemniscus epicycloid spirograph Mobius strip trochoid hypotrochoid epitrochoid figure 8 Lissajous figure Cassini oval

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Hypernyms

curve curved shape

Phrases with the word

lemniscate of Gerono lemniscate of Booth lemniscate function lemniscate inverse curve lemniscate of Huygens bernoulli's lemniscate

Anagrams

centesimal clemastine selamectin

Examples

Klein bagel cross section employing a figure eight curve (the lemniscate of Gerono ). Source: Internet

If the center of inversion is chosen as the hyperbola's own center, the inverse curve is the lemniscate of Bernoulli ; the lemniscate is also the envelope of circles centered on a rectangular hyperbola and passing through the origin. Source: Internet

Notationally, we would replace n above by the lemniscate ∞. Source: Internet

Particular types are Weierstrass's elliptic functions and Jacobi's elliptic functions and the sine lemniscate and cosine lemniscate functions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Lemniot lemniscal lemniscata lemniscate case lemniscate constant lemniscate function