Lissajous figure en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.
Meanings
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A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.
The Scope proved to be a haunt for electronics assembly people from Yoyodyne. The green neon sign outside ingeniously depicted the face of an oscilloscope tube, over which flowed an ever-changing dance of Lissajous figures.
1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 3, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lissajous figures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Lissajous orbit · Lissajous knot · harmonograph
Synonyms
Translations (3)
fi Lissajous’n kuvio (plane curve) · ca corba de Lissajous (plane curve) · ru фигу́ра Лиссажу́ (plane curve)