Associations to the word «Cardioid»

Wiktionary

CARDIOID, noun. (geometry) An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation \(\rho = 1 + \cos\,\theta\) - having a shape supposedly heart-shaped
CARDIOID, adjective. Having this characteristic shape

Dictionary definition

CARDIOID, noun. An epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle.

Wise words

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