Cassinianadj.
/kaˈsɪnɪən/ Of or pertaining to G. D. Cassini (1625–1712), or his descendants, a celebrated family of French astronomers, or to their scientific researches. Cassinian oval n. = cassinoid n.
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1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §8. 394 This Cassinian Hypothesis..has this Physical disadvantage.
1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 204 One of the Cassinian ellipses.
1886 Academy 10 July 29/2 The curve of sines, the cassinian oval, the catenary, and such like curves.
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adj.1715- image orthicon
- image pattern
- image processing
- image processor
- image sensor
- image server
- image stabilizer
- image toy
- image tube
- image type
- image war
- image work
- image world
- image worship
- image-bearer
- image-bearing
- image-breaker
- image-breaking
- image-build
- image-builder
- image-building
- image-complex
- image-conscious
- image-crowded
- image-doter