Cassini oval

English

Etymology

Named after the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who studied them in 1680.

Noun

Cassini oval (plural Cassini ovals)

(geometry) A plane curve defined as the set (or locus) of points in the plane such that the product of the distances to two fixed points is constant (related to an ellipse, for which the sum of the distances is constant).

Synonyms

Cassini ellipse
cassinoid
oval of Cassini

Translations

Translations

French: cassinoïde (fr) f

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