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noun
A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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History
Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.
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