Tautochrone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tautochrone is a noun meaning (mathematics) A curve, such that a weighted body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it begins to fall.
Meaning
(mathematics) A curve, such that a weighted body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it begins to fall.
Example Sentences
An inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.
Word Forms
- tautochrones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brachistochrone, brachystochrone, trochoid, downcurve, hypotrochoid, asymptote.
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