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lemniscate

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Letters
10
Pronunciation
/lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/(UK)
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/lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/(UK) · /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/(US)

Definition of lemniscate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
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noun

  1. A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
  2. The lemniscate of Bernoulli
  3. Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.

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Etymology

First attested in 1781; borrowed from New Latin lēmniscāta (figūra), substantivized from lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”), from lēmniscus (“a sort of ribbon”).

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