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limit cycle [′lim·ət ‚sīk·əl]

(mathematics)

For a differential equation, a closed trajectoryCin the plane (corresponding to a periodic solution of the equation) where every point ofChas a neighborhood so that every trajectory through it spirals towardC.

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