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Lissajous figures

Lissajous figures is the plural of Lissajous figure.

Meaning of Lissajous figure

Noun

Lissajous figure (plural Lissajous figures)

  1. A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.
    • The Scope proved to be a haunt for electronics assembly people from Yoyodyne. The green neon sign outside ingeniously depicted the face of an oscilloscope tube, over which flowed an ever-changing dance of Lissajous figures.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 3, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 30
    Synonyms:
    Lissajous curve

Questions about Lissajous figures

What is Lissajous figures the plural of?
Lissajous figures is the plural of Lissajous figure.

Words near Lissajous figures in the dictionary

  1. Lissack
  2. Lissajous
  3. Lissajous curve
  4. Lissajous curves
  5. Lissajous figure
  6. Lissajous figures
  7. Lissajous knot
  8. Lissajous knots
  9. Lissajous orbit
  10. Lissajous orbits
  11. Lissajous projection

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