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Didonia

Didonia noun: the curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.

Noun

Didonia (plural Didonias)

  1. The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.
    • And hence, by Meusnier's theorem, the difference of the squares of the curvatures of curve and surface is constant; the curvature of the surface meaning here the reciprocal of the radius of the sphere which osculates in the reduction of the element of the Didonia.1867, Peter Guthrie Tait, An Elementary Treatise on Quaternions

Forms of Didonia

pluralDidonias

Origin of Didonia

In allusion to the classical story of Queen Dido, who was granted the land she could encompass with a piece of bull hide.

Questions about Didonia

What does Didonia mean?
Didonia means the curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.
What part of speech is Didonia?
Didonia is a noun.
What is the plural of Didonia?
The plural of Didonia is Didonias.

Words near Didonia in the dictionary

  1. didoes
  2. didomain
  3. didomains
  4. DiDonato
  5. Didonatos
  6. Didonia
  7. Didonian
  8. Didonias
  9. Didonna
  10. Didonnas
  11. didos

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