conchoid
conchoid
[′käŋ‚kȯid] (mathematics)
A plane curve consisting of the locus of both ends of a line segment of constant length on a line which rotates about a fixed point, while the midpoint of the segment remains on a fixed curve which does not contain the fixed point.
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