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cardioid
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car·di·oid  (kärd-oid)
n.
A heart-shaped plane curve, the locus of a fixed point on a circle that rolls on the circumference of another circle with the same radius.
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cardioid
constructed from circle
DEF and its secants through fixed point D

cardioid [ˈkɑːdɪˌɔɪd]
n
(Mathematics) a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 - cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle.

cardioid  (kärd-oid)
A heart-shaped plane curve, the locus of a fixed point on a circle that rolls on the circumference of another circle with the same radius.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cardioidcardioid - an epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle
epicycloid - a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle
Translations
cardioid [ˈkɑːdɪˌɔɪd] n (Math) → cardioide f
cardioid [ˈkɑːdɪˌɔɪd] n (Math) → cardioide f


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