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English
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.
Synonyms
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)
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French
Etymology
From limace + -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
limaçon m (plural limaçons)
- snail
- spiral staircase
- (anatomy) cochlea
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