oblique strophoid

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oblique strophoid [ə′blēk ′strō‚fȯid]

(mathematics)

A plane curve derived from a straight lineLand two points called the pole and the fixed point, where the fixed point lies onLbut is not the foot of the perpendicular from the pole to the line; it consists of the locus of points on a rotating lineL′ passing through the pole whose distance from the intersection ofLandL′ is equal to the distance of this intersection from the fixed point.

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