lemniscate

English

The lemniscate of Bernoulli and its two foci

Etymology

From Latin lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/
• IPA^(key): /lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/

Noun

lemniscate (plural lemniscates)

1. The infinity symbol (∞).
2. (mathematics) The lemniscate of Bernoulli
3. (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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙紐線／双纽线 (zh), 双纽线 (zh) (shuāngniǔxiàn)

• Finnish: ääretön-merkki
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Lemniskate (de) f
• Mongolian: хязгааргүйн тэмдэг (xjazgaargüjn temdeg)

mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve

• Dutch: lemniscaat (nl) f
• French: lemniscate (fr) f
• German: Lemniskate (de) f
• Italian: lemniscata f
• Kazakh: лемниската (lemniskata)
• Korean: 렘니스케이트 (remniseukeiteu)
• Polish: lemniskata f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: lemniscata f
• Russian: лемниска́та (ru) f (lemniskáta)
• Serbo-Croatian: лемниска́та f (lemniskata)

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} hnappelda f
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Anagrams

• centesimal, clemastine, selamectin

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French

Noun

lemniscate f (plural lemniscates)

1. lemniscate

Further reading

• “lemniscate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) lēmniscāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lēmniscātus