Definition of Conchoids. Meaning of Conchoids. Synonyms of Conchoids

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Definition of Conchoids

Conchoid
Conchoid Con"choid, n. [Gr. ?; ? shell + ? form: cf. F. concho["i]de.] (Geom.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.

Meaning of Conchoids from wikipedia

- Look up conchoid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Conchoid can refer to: Conchoid (mathematics), an equation of a curve discovered by the mathematician...
- on the conchoid. The conchoid is, therefore, the cissoid of the given curve and a circle of radius d and center O. They are called conchoids because...
- In algebraic geometry, the conchoids of de Sluze are a family of plane curves studied in 1662 by Walloon mathematician René François Walter, baron de...
- In geometry, the conchoid of Dürer, also called Dürer's s**** curve, is a plane, algebraic curve, named after Albrecht Dürer and introduced in 1525. It...
- that resembles the rippling, gradual curves of a mussel s****; the word "conchoid" is derived from the word for this animal (Ancient Gr****: κογχοειδής konchoeidēs...
- plane curves include Cubic parabola Folium of Descartes Cissoid of Diocles Conchoid of de Sluze Right strophoid Semicubical parabola Serpentine curve Trident...
- Each curve in this example is a locus defined as the conchoid of the point P and the line l. In this example, P is 8 cm from l....
- on linear geometry. Dürer's geometric constructions include helices, conchoids and epicycloids. He also draws on Apollonius, and Johannes Werner's 'Libellus...
- on epicycloids, 1694; one on roulettes, 1702; and, lastly, another on conchoids, 1708. His works on conic sections and epicycloids were based on the teaching...
- Diocles, studied by Diocles and used as a method to double the cube. The conchoid of Nicomedes, studied by Nicomedes as a method to both double the cube...