witch of Agnesi

短语

[数] 箕舌线

发音

/æɡˈneɪsi/

词形变化

witches of Agnesi 复数 witches of Agnesi

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cubic plane curve defined from two diametrically opposite points of a circle.

    数学

词源

Named after Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, who wrote about such curves, and from a mistranslation of Italian versiera, the term she used for them which means "rope", but which is spelled the same as versiera (“witch”).

来源：wiktionary