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strophoid

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(strof′oid, strō′foid)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
stroph•oid  (strof′oid, strō′foid),USA pronunciation n. [Geom.]
  1. Mathematicsa plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime;
     on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime;
     = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation:y2 = x2(x+a)/(a-x).
  • Greek stróph(os) twine + -oid, modeled on French strophoïde
  • 1875–80

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