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limacon

limacon is the alternative form of limaçon.

Meaning of limaçon

Noun

limaçon (plural limaçons)

  1. A plane curve with polar equation ρ=a+b, sin ,θ or ρ=a+b, cos ,θ, of which the cardioid is a special case.

Forms of limacon

plurallimacons

Questions about limacon

What is limacon the alternative form of?
Limacon is the alternative form of limaçon.

Words near limacon in the dictionary

  1. limacoid
  2. limacoids
  3. limacologist
  4. limacologists
  5. limacology
  6. limacon
  7. limacons
  8. Limaha
  9. limail
  10. limaille
  11. liman

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: limacon (page history and authors); limaçon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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