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縮閉線 (しゅくへいせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

縮しゅく閉へい線せん

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Meanings

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noun

evolute

rare termmathematics

Rare mathematical term for the locus of centers of curvature of a curve. The more common term is エボリュート.

See also: エボリュート

縮しゅく閉へい線せんは、曲きょく線せんの各かく点てんにおける曲きょく率りつ中ちゅう心しんの軌き跡せきと

Kanji

縮shrink, contract, shrivel
閉closed, shut
線line, track

Similar words

エボリュート
The common loanword for 'evolute', used far more frequently than 縮閉線.

Etymology

Compound of 縮 (shuku, 'shrink') + 閉 (hei, 'close') + 線 (sen, 'line'), likely a calque from a Western mathematical term. The exact derivation is uncertain.

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The evolute is defined as the locus of the centers of curvature at each point of a curve.