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bipunctual, a.|baɪˈpʌŋktjuːəl|
[f. bi- prefix2 1 + punctual, f. as in prec.]
1. = prec.
1731in Bailey; whence in mod. Dicts.
2. Math. Having certain specified properties in relation to two points.
1878Amer. Jrnl. Math. I. 152 As long as the direction of reference remains fixed, the only change that can be made in a system of bipunctual coordinates is an alteration in the position of the initials. 1922H. F. Baker Princ. Geom. II. iii. 123 To speak of the latter conic as being bipunctual. |