Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mathematics, a double point belonging to a curve, but separated from other real points of the curve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geom.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geometry An isolated
point not upon acurve , but whosecoordinates satisfy theequation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
Etymologies
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Latin acus + nodus
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