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cissoid en · NOUN · etymology 1

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós, “ivy”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”).

Meanings

1. Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of a point, P, on a line from a given fixed point and intersecting two given curves, C₁ and C₂, where the distance along the line from C₁ to P remains constant and equal to the distance from P to C₂.
   • The cissoid of a circle and a line is a conchoid

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Relateds

cissoidal

Translations (4)

pl cisoida (cissoid) · cs kisoida (cissoid) · fr cissoïde (cissoid) · de Zissoide (cissoid)

cissoid en · NOUN · etymology 2

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Etymology

From cis + -oid.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cisoid (“4chan slang, derogatory: cisgender person”).
   alt of cisoid
   • I feel very similar, I don’t ever see myself with a cissoid and I think there is something beautiful about t4t, and every day I am st4t is this truth reinforced. And I always love fellow bisexuals :} 2025 August 29, anonymous author, “bi trans men in the sense of strictly t4t?”, in 4chan, /lgbt/:

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