lemniscate

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English

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The lemniscate of Bernoulli and its two foci

Etymology

From Latin lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/
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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.

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French

Noun

lemniscate f (plural lemniscates)

  1. lemniscate

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Latin

Adjective

lēmniscāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lēmniscātus
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