limaçon

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See also: limacon

English

Alternative forms

limacon (without the cedilla)

Etymology

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

Noun

limaçon (plural limaçons)

(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/
Audio: (file)

Noun

limaçon m (plural limaçons)

Synonyms

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

Further reading

“limaçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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