witch of Agnesi

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cubic plane curve defined from two diametrically opposite points of a circle.

词形变化

witches of Agnesi plural

词源

Named after Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, who wrote about such curves, and from a mistranslation of Italian versiera, the term she used for them which means "rope", but which is spelled the same as versiera (“witch”).
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