"Lissajous figure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Lissajous figures [plural]
Etymology: Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|mathematician||||}} mathematician, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Jules Antoine Lissajous}} Jules Antoine Lissajous, {{named-after|en|Jules Antoine Lissajous|born=1822|died=1880|nat=French|occ=mathematician|wplink==}} Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Lissajous figure}} Lissajous figure (plural Lissajous figures)
  1. (mathematics) A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio. Wikipedia link: Lissajous curve Categories (topical): Curves, Mathematics Synonyms: Lissajous curve Related terms: Lissajous knot, Lissajous orbit, harmonograph Translations (plane curve): corba de Lissajous [feminine] (Catalan), Lissajous’n kuvio (Finnish), фигу́ра Лиссажу́ (figúra Lissažú) [feminine] (Russian)

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