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Ford circles

Ford circles is the plural of Ford circle.

Meaning of Ford circle

Noun

Ford circle (plural Ford circles)

  1. Any one of a class of circles with centre at (p/q, 1/(2q²)) and radius 1/(2q²), where p/q is an irreducible fraction (i.e., p and q are coprime integers).
    • Every Ford circle is tangent to the horizontal axis y#61;0, and any two Ford circles are either disjoint or meet at a tangent.

Questions about Ford circles

What is Ford circles the plural of?
Ford circles is the plural of Ford circle.

Words near Ford circles in the dictionary

  1. forcursing
  2. forcut
  3. ford
  4. Ford and Stoke Prior
  5. Ford circle
  6. Ford circles
  7. Ford City
  8. Ford County
  9. Ford Green
  10. Ford Nation
  11. forda

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