lemniscate
nounUK /lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/ · US /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/
Etymology First attested in 1781; borrowed from New Latin lēmniscāta (figūra), substantivized from lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”), from lēmniscus (“a sort of ribbon”).
1
A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
2
Mathematics, Sciences The lemniscate of Bernoulli
3
Mathematics, Sciences Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.
- Derived terms
- lemniscate case, lemniscate constant, lemniscate function, lemniscate inverse curve, lemniscate of Bernoulli, lemniscate of Booth, lemniscate of Gerono, lemniscate of Huygens, lemniscatic
- Hyponyms
- hippopede, lemniscate of Bernoulli, lemniscate of Booth, lemniscate of Gerono, lemniscate of Huygens