Horocyclic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Horocyclic is an adjective meaning (geometry) Relating to a set of points that are all equidistant (keeping other coordinates constant) from some constant point.
Meaning
(geometry) Relating to a set of points that are all equidistant (keeping other coordinates constant) from some constant point.
Example Sentences
Hence the regular polygon ABCD ... can either be a convex n-gon, a star n-gon, a horocylic apeirogon or a hypercyclic apeirogon.
In two-dimensional Euclidean geometry using a polar coordinate system, horocyclic flow is either the circular convergence toward or away from a point or the rotational flow around a point.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include orthotomic, equidistant, orthoradial, orthogonal, euclidean, orthorectified.
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