bipunctual
bipunctual adjective: having two points.
Adjective
bipunctual (not comparable)
- Having two points.
- Finally, a study by Verhoeff indicates the possibility of the occurrence of visual apparent movement in the absence of serial bipunctual stimulation of the visual cortex.1948, The American Journal of Psychology - Volume 61, page 74
- We limit this paper to the bipunctual case : the signal is transmitted from a point A to a point B.2012, G. Jourdain, “Characterization of the Underwater Channel Application to Communication”, in C. H. Chen, editor, Issues in Acoustic Signal — Image Processing and Recognition
- Relative to two distinct reference points.
- The two systems are, in fact, practically identical; whatever can be proved for or with the one can be proved for or with the other; and it is only their relations to the bipunctual and bilinear systems that the distinction between the tripunctual and the trilinear systems comes into play...1878, F. Franklin, “Bipunctual Coordinates”, in American Journal of Mathematics, volume 1, page 156
- If X, Y, Z be a self-polar triad in regard to a conic, and O be any point, and XO, YO, and ZO meet YZ, ZX, XY, respectively, in A, B, C, then the conic is bipunctual in regard to A , B , C.1922, Henry Frederick Baker, Principles of geometry: Foundations - Volume 1, page 123
Origin of bipunctual
From bi- + punctual.
Questions about bipunctual
- What does bipunctual mean?
- Bipunctual means having two points.
- What part of speech is bipunctual?
- Bipunctual is an adjective.
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