Poinsot's spiral

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Poinsot's spiral [pwän′sōz ¦spī·rəl]

(mathematics)

Either of two plane curves whose equations in polar coordinates (r,θ) arercoshnθ =aandrsinhnθ =a, whereais a constant andnis an integer.

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