| 释义 |
didonia Math.|daɪˈdəʊnɪə|
[From the story of Dido, who bargained for as much land as could be covered with a hide, and cut the hide into a long narrow strip so as to inclose a large space.]
(See quot.) Hence diˈdonian a.
1873Tait Quaternions (ed. 2) 191 If we give the name of ‘Didonia’ to the curve..which, on a given surface and with a given perimeter, contains the greatest area, then for such a Didonian curve [etc.]. |