"limaçon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limaçons [plural]
Etymology: From French limaçon, ultimately from Latin limax (“snail”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|limaçon}} French limaçon, {{uder|en|la|limax||snail}} Latin limax (“snail”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} limaçon (plural limaçons)
  1. (geometry) A plane curve with polar equation ρ=a+b, sin ,θ or ρ=a+b, cos ,θ, of which the cardioid is a special case. Categories (topical): Curves, Geometry Synonyms: limaçon of Pascal, limacon (english: without the cedilla) Translations (plane curve): limaçon (Afrikaans), limaçon van Pascal (Afrikaans), охлюв на Паскал (ohljuv na Paskal) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cargol de Pascal [masculine] (Catalan), slaklijn van Pascal [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), limaçon van Pascal (Dutch), heliko de Pascal (Esperanto), Pascalin simpukka (Finnish), limaçon de Pascal [masculine] (French), pascalsche Schnecke [feminine] (German), Pascal'sche Schnecke [feminine] (German), pascalsche Limaçon [feminine] (German), Limaçon [feminine] (German), Pascal-féle csigagörbe (Hungarian), limaçon [masculine] (Italian), limaçon di Pascal [masculine] (Italian), limaccia di Pascal [feminine] (Italian), chiocciola di Pascal [feminine] (Italian), ślimak Pascala [masculine] (Polish), limaçon de Pascal [feminine] (Portuguese), caracol de Pascal [masculine] (Portuguese), ули́тка Паска́ля (ulítka Paskálja) [feminine] (Russian), Pascalov polž [masculine] (Slovene), caracol de Pascal [masculine] (Spanish), limaçon de Pascal [masculine] (Spanish), limaçon [masculine] (Spanish), Ра́влик Паска́ля (Rávlyk Paskálja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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