Dictionary

lemniscate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/ (UK)
• /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/ (US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

lemniscate constant · lemniscate function · lemniscate of Gerono · lemniscate of Huygens · lemniscate case · lemniscate inverse curve · lemniscate of Bernoulli · lemniscatic · lemniscate of Booth

Hyponyms

hippopede · lemniscate of Gerono · lemniscate of Huygens · lemniscate of Bernoulli · lemniscate of Booth

Synonyms

infinity symbol · infinity

Translations (17)

de Lemniskate (symbol for infinity) · es lemniscata (symbol for infinity) · pl lemniskata (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · cmn 雙紐線 /双纽线 (symbol for infinity) · kk лемниската (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · es lemniscata (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · ru лемниска́та (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · ko 렘니스케이트 (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · mn хязгааргүйн тэмдэг (symbol for infinity) · de Lemniskate (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · pt lemniscata (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · fi ääretön-merkki (symbol for infinity) · nl lemniscaat (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · pt lemniscata (symbol for infinity) · fr lemniscate (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · sh лемниска́та (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) · it lemniscata (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve)