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limaçon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From French limaçon, ultimately from Latin limax (“snail”).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: limaçon — plane curve
  • Afrikaans: limaçon van Pascal — plane curve
  • Bulgarian: охлюв на Паскал (ohljuv na Paskal) — plane curve
  • Catalan: cargol de Pascal — plane curve
  • Dutch: slaklijn van Pascal — plane curve
  • Dutch: limaçon van Pascal — plane curve
  • Esperanto: heliko de Pascal — plane curve
  • Finnish: Pascalin simpukka — plane curve
  • French: limaçon de Pascal — plane curve
  • German: pascalsche Schnecke — plane curve
  • German: Pascal'sche Schnecke — plane curve
  • German: pascalsche Limaçon — plane curve
  • German: Limaçon — plane curve
  • Hungarian: Pascal-féle csigagörbe — plane curve
  • Italian: limaçon — plane curve
  • Italian: limaçon di Pascal — plane curve
  • Italian: limaccia di Pascal — plane curve
  • Italian: chiocciola di Pascal — plane curve
  • Polish: ślimak Pascala — plane curve
  • Portuguese: limaçon de Pascal — plane curve
  • Portuguese: caracol de Pascal — plane curve
  • Russian: ули́тка Паска́ля (ulítka Paskálja) — plane curve
  • Slovene: Pascalov polž — plane curve
  • Spanish: caracol de Pascal — plane curve
  • Spanish: limaçon de Pascal — plane curve
  • Spanish: limaçon — plane curve
  • Ukrainian: Ра́влик Паска́ля (Rávlyk Paskálja) — plane curve