lemniscate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”).
Pronunciation
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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:):
Derived terms
Translations
symbol for infinity
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mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve
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Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) lēmniscāte