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glissette

glissette noun: the locus described by any point attached to a curve that moves continuously along another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.

Noun

glissette (plural glissettes)

  1. The locus described by any point attached to a curve that moves continuously along another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.

Forms of glissette

pluralglissettes

Origin of glissette

From French glissette, from glisser (“to slip”).

Questions about glissette

What does glissette mean?
Glissette means the locus described by any point attached to a curve that moves continuously along another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.
What part of speech is glissette?
Glissette is a noun.
What is the plural of glissette?
The plural of glissette is glissettes.

Words near glissette in the dictionary

  1. glissandoing
  2. glissandos
  3. glissant
  4. glissed
  5. glisses
  6. glissette
  7. glissettes
  8. glissing
  9. Glisson
  10. Glissonian
  11. Glissonian capsule

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