limaçon

See also: limacon

English

Alternative forms

• limacon (without the cedilla)

Etymology

From French limaçon, ultimately from Latin limax (“snail”).

Noun

limaçon (plural limaçons)

1. (geometry) A plane curve with polar equation $\rho =a+b\,\sin \,\theta$ or $\rho =a+b\,\cos \,\theta$, of which the cardioid is a special case.

Synonyms

• limaçon of Pascal

Translations

plane curve

• Afrikaans: limaçon, limaçon van Pascal
• Bulgarian: охлюв на Паскал m (ohljuv na Paskal)
• Catalan: cargol de Pascal m
• Dutch: slaklijn van Pascal f or m, limaçon van Pascal
• Esperanto: heliko de Pascal
• Finnish: Pascalin simpukka
• French: limaçon de Pascal (fr) m
• German: pascalsche Schnecke f, Pascal'sche Schnecke f, pascalsche Limaçon f, Limaçon f
• Hungarian: Pascal-féle csigagörbe
• Italian: limaçon m, limaçon di Pascal m, limaccia di Pascal f, chiocciola di Pascal f
• Polish: ślimak Pascala m
• Portuguese: limaçon de Pascal f, caracol de Pascal m
• Russian: ули́тка Паска́ля f (ulítka Paskálja)
• Slovene: Pascalov polž m
• Spanish: caracol de Pascal m, limaçon de Pascal m, limaçon m
• Ukrainian: Ра́влик Паска́ля m (Rávlyk Paskálja)

Anagrams

• Camolin, cominal, incalmo, malonic

French

Etymology

From limace +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ma.sɔ̃/

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Noun

limaçon m (plural limaçons)

1. snail
2. spiral staircase
3. (anatomy) cochlea

Synonyms

• (snail): escargot; (Louisiana, Cajun French) calimaçon

Further reading

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