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tractrix

Curve traced by a point pulled through a segment of fixed length by a point moving on a line
Class type of: transcendental curve Q1365281

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
curve
Subclass of
transcendental curve[2]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12, Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15), Математический энциклопедический словарь[3][4][5]
🏷️ Also known as
en tractrix ar منحنى متساوي المماسات cs obalová křivka cs vlečná křivka de Zugkurve de Ziehkurve de Schleppkurve de Traktrix de Treidelkurve es tractriz fa کشانده fr tractrice he טרקטריקס it trattrice ja トラクトリックス ja 牽引線 ko 추적선 pl Traktoria pl traktrysa ru линия влечения
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tractrix.png ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03g40l
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4199408
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
132894236
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3988640
Topic's main category
Category:Tractrix

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
curve
Subclass of 1
transcendental curve
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Summary

tractrix is a curve[1].

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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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