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Lissajous figure

Lis·sa·jous fig·ure [ lssə oo fìggyər ] (plural Lis·sa·jous fig·ures)


noun 
Definition:
 
curve from combining two vibrations: the mathematical curve formed by combining two repeating vibrations that are at right angles to each other

[Late 19th century. After Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822-1880), French physicist]
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