单词 | neilian |
释义 | Neilianadj. Mathematics. Designating a parabola having an equation of the form ax2 = y3; a semicubical parabola. ΚΠ 1673 J. Wallis Let. 30 May in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 4 I myself gave Neile's curve the name of semicubic parabola, so there is no just reason for you to doubt that we understood the nature of this curve.] 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II. at Curve And this is the Neilian Parabola, commonly called Semi-cubical. Which makes the Seventieth Species [of curve]. 1823 J. Mitchell Dict. Math. & Physical Sci. 341/2 When the roots of the proposed equation are all equal to each other; the most simple equation being in this case py2 = x3; which is the semi-cubical, or Neilian parabola. 1860 C. R. M. Talbot tr. I. Newton Enumerat. Lines 3rd Order i. 7 A line of the first order will be a straight line..; and those of the third or cubic order will be the cubic Parabola, the Neilian Parabola, the Cissoïd of the ancients, and others we are about to describe. 1956 Math. Mag. 29 160 The same method may be applied to many other curves. For example, take y2 = x3, the Neilian parabola. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1710 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。