adj
Meaning 1
Having this characteristic shape
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Standard Lemma guide
cardioid
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adj
Meaning 2
sensitive in front, but not behind or at the sides
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noun
Meaning 3
An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation ρ=1+ cos ,θ - approximately heart-shaped
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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
an epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: epicycloid
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, cardi- + -oid.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: kardioida — epicycloid with one cusp
- Danish: kardioide — epicycloid with one cusp
- Esperanto: kardioido — epicycloid with one cusp
- Finnish: kardioidi — epicycloid with one cusp
- French: cardioïde — epicycloid with one cusp
- German: Kardioide — epicycloid with one cusp
- German: Herzkurve — epicycloid with one cusp
- Italian: cardioide — epicycloid with one cusp
- Korean: 하트방정식 (hateubangjeongsik) — epicycloid with one cusp
- Polish: kardioida — epicycloid with one cusp
- Russian: кардиоида (kardioida) — epicycloid with one cusp