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<geometry> A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.
Origin: L. Lemniscatus adorned with ribbons, fr. Lemniscus a ribbon having down, Gr.
(01 Mar 1998)
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