lemniscate of bernouli

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Definition of lemniscate of bernouli in English English dictionary

a closed curve, similar to a figure eight, that is the locus of a point, the product of whose distances from two fixed points (called the foci) a distance 2a away is the constant a^2

Hyphenation

lem·nis·cate of bernouli

Etymology

() From Jakob Bernoulli Swiss mathematician