lemniscate
English
The lemniscate of Bernoulli and its two foci
Etymology
From Latin lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”).
Noun
lemniscate (plural lemniscates)
- The infinity symbol (∞).
- (mathematics) The lemniscate of Bernoulli
- (mathematics) Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.
Synonyms
- (symbol): infinity, infinity symbol
Hyponyms
(figure-of-eight quartic function:):
- hippopede
- lemniscate of Bernoulli
- lemniscate of Booth
- lemniscate of Gerono
- lemniscate of Huygens
Derived terms
- lemniscate case
- lemniscate constant
- lemniscate function
- lemniscate inverse curve
- lemniscate of Bernoulli
- lemniscate of Booth
- lemniscate of Gerono
- lemniscate of Huygens
- lemniscatic
Translations
symbol for infinity
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mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve
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Anagrams
French
Further reading
- “lemniscate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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