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Cassini oval
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English
Etymology
Named after the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who studied them in 1680.
Noun
en geometry A plane curve defined as the set (or locus) of points in the plane such that the product of the distances to two fixed points is constant (related to an ellipse, for which the sum of the distances is constant). en Curves
en Cassini ellipse cassinoid oval of Cassini
Translations
French: fr cassinoïde f
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