lemniscate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlemniscate (plural lemniscates)
- The infinity symbol (∞).
- (mathematics) The lemniscate of Bernoulli
- (mathematics) Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.
Synonyms
edit- (symbol): infinity, infinity symbol
Hyponyms
edit(figure-of-eight quartic function:):
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsymbol for infinity
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mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve
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Anagrams
editFrench
editNoun
editlemniscate f (plural lemniscates)
Further reading
edit- “lemniscate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editAdjective
editlēmniscāte