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Usually employed to designate a wave or folds in opposite directions. A double involute.
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Conic Section.—Having the form of or resembling a cone. Formed by cutting off a cone at any angle. See line A.
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Conoid.—Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
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Cycloid.—A curve, A, generated by a point, B, in the plane of a circle or wheel, C, when the wheel is rolled along a straight li
e.
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Ellipsoid.—A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles.
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Epicycloid.—A curve, A, traced by a point, B, in the circumference of a wheel, C, which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle, D.
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Evolute.—A curve, A, from which another curve, like B, on each of the inner ends of the lines C is made. D is a spool, and the lines C represent a thread at different positions. The thread has a marker, E, so that when the thread is wound on the spool the marker E makes the evolute line A.
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Focus.—The center, A, of a circle; also one of the two centering points, B, of an ellipse or an oval.
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Gnome.—The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common.
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Hyperbola.—A curve, A, formed by the section of a cone. If the cone is cut off vertically on the dotted line, A, the curve is a hyperbola. See
Parabola.
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Hypothenuse.—The side, A, of a right-angled triangle which is opposite to the right angle B, C. A, regular triangle; C, irregular triangle.
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Incidence.—The angle, A, which is the same angle as, for instance, a ray of light, B, which falls on a mirror, C. The line D is the perpendicular.
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Isosceles Triangle.—Having two sides or legs, A, A, that are equal.
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Parabola.—One of the conic sections formed by cutting of a cone so that the cut line, A, is not vertical. See
Hyperbola where the cut line is vertical.
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Parallelogram.—A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides, A, A, or B, B, are parallel and consequently equal.
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Pelecoid.—A figure, somewhat hatchet-shaped, bounded by a semicircle, A, and two inverted quadrants, and equal to a square, C.
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Polygons.—Many-sided and many with angles.
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Pyramid.—A solid structure generally with a square base and having its sides meeting in an apex or peak. The peak is the vertex.
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Quadrant.—The quarter of a circle or of the circumference of a circle. A horizontal line, A, and a vertical line, B, make the four quadrants, like C.
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Quadrilateral.—A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles. Any figure formed by four lines.
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Rhomb.—An equilateral parallelogram or a quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides, B, B, parallel.
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Sector.—A part, A, of a circle formed by two radial lines, B, B, and bounded at the end by a curve.
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Segment.—A part, A, cut from a circle by a straight line, B. The straight line, B, is the chord or the
segmental line.
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Sinusoid.—A wave-like form. It may be regular or irregular.
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Tangent.—A line, A, running out from the curve at right angles from a radial line.
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Tetrahedron.—A solid figure enclosed or bounded by four triangles, like A or B. A plain pyramid is bounded by five triangles.
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Vertex.—The meeting point, A, of two or more lines.
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Volute.—A spiral scroll, used largely in architecture, which forms one of the chief features of the Ionic capital.