cardioid

See also: carduoid

English

The blue curve is a cardioid

Etymology

cardio- +‎ -oid

Pronunciation

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Noun

cardioid (plural cardioids)

(geometry) An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation $\rho =1+\cos \,\theta$ - approximately heart-shaped

Translations

epicycloid with one cusp

Czech: kardioida (cs) f
Danish: kardioide c
Esperanto: kardioido
Finnish: kardioidi
French: cardioïde (fr) f
German: Kardioide (de) f, Herzkurve f
Italian: cardioide (it) f
Korean: 하트방정식 (hateubangjeongsik)
Polish: kardioida (pl) f
Russian: кардиоида (ru) (kardioida)

Adjective

cardioid (comparative more cardioid, superlative most cardioid)

Having this characteristic shape
(of a microphone) sensitive in front, but not behind or at the sides

Derived terms

Derived terms

cardioid catacaustic
cardioid condenser
cardioid coordinate
cardioid evolute
cardioid inverse curve
cardioid involute
cardioid microphone
hypercardioid
supercardioid

Anagrams

caridoid, cidaroid

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