Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling the cissoid of Diocles: applied to mechanical curves partaking of that character.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
cissoid .
Etymologies
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cissoid + -al
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Various names (now rarely, if ever, used) have been given to particular cases: -- amphicyrtic (Gr. [Greek: amphi], on both sides, [Greek: kyrtos], convex) or cissoidal
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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