lemniscate

名词 n.
/lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/    /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
  2. The lemniscate of Bernoulli
  3. Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.

词形变化

lemniscates plural

词源

First attested in 1781; borrowed from New Latin lēmniscāta (figūra), substantivized from lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”), from lēmniscus (“a sort of ribbon”).
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