lemniscate
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prettygoodwordlemniscate (lem-NIS-kit, LEM-nis-kayt) - n., (Math) a plane figure in a figure 8, often specifically the lemniscate of Bernoulli with equation 
; the infinity symbol, ∞.
Named by Jakob Bernoulli (there were many of his clan) in the 1694 in which he described the specific form, from Latin lēmniscātus, adorned with ribbons, from lemniscus, a ribbon hanging down.
---L.
; the infinity symbol, ∞.Named by Jakob Bernoulli (there were many of his clan) in the 1694 in which he described the specific form, from Latin lēmniscātus, adorned with ribbons, from lemniscus, a ribbon hanging down.
---L.
