hypercycle
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hypercycle (plural hypercycles)
- (hyperbolic geometry) A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.
- Synonyms: hypercircle, equidistant curve
- (chemistry) A system of self-replicating molecules, as an explanation for the self-organization of prebiotic systems.
See also edit
- Hypercycle (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia