Associations to the word «Cassini»

Wiktionary

CASSINI OVAL, noun. (geometry) A plane curve defined as the set (or locus) of points in the plane such that the product of the distances to two fixed points is constant (related to an ellipse, for which the sum of the distances is constant).
CASSINI OVALS, noun. Plural of Cassini oval

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.