"Didonia" meaning in All languages combined

See Didonia on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Didonias [plural]
Etymology: In allusion to the classical story of Queen Dido, who was granted the land she could encompass with a piece of bull hide. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Didonia (plural Didonias)
  1. (geometry) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Categories (topical): Curves, Geometry

Inflected forms

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