limaçon
See also: limacon
English
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Etymology
From French limaçon, ultimately from Latin limax (“snail”).
Noun
limaçon (plural limaçons)
- (geometry) A plane curve with polar equation or , of which the cardioid is a special case.
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Translations
plane curve
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
limaçon m (plural limaçons)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “limaçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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