单词 | negative pedal |
释义 | > as lemmasnegative pedal negative pedal n. Geometry the curve or surface of which a given curve or surface is the pedal (pedal n.1 8). ΚΠ 1873 B. Williamson Elem. Treat. Differential Calculus (ed. 2) §183 If perpendiculars be drawn to the tangents to the pedal, we get a new curve called the second pedal of the original: and so on. With respect to its pedal, the original curve is styled the first negative pedal, etc. 1981 Amer. Math. Monthly 88 655 It is a pleasant exercise to verify that the negative pedal is an ellipse or hyperbola, according as S is inside or outside R. < as lemmas |
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