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Lissajous curve
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English
right|thumb|A Lissajous curve
Etymology
en French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous = 1822 1880, who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.
Noun
en mathematics en Lissajous figure.
en 1961 February Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory Trains Illustrated 77 In the fabric section, a textile twisting and tearing machine and a "Lissajou curve" [sic] abrader (covering a complete area in overlapping curves) are supplemented by apparatus for evaluating waterproofness, fibre diameter and light-fastness.
Related terms
Lissajous knot
Lissajous orbit
See also
harmonograph