biflecnoden.
/bʌɪˈflɛknəʊd/ Mathematics.
A point on a curve that is both a node and a point of inflection for each branch passing through it.
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1879 G. Salmon Treat. Higher Plane Curves (ed. 3) 217 Such a node may be considered as the union of an ordinary node with (in the first case) a point of inflexion, and with (in the second case) two points of inflexion; and the node may be termed a flecnode or a biflecnode in the two cases respectively.
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biflecˈnodal adj.
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1873 G. Salmon Treat. Analytic Geom. Three Dimensions (ed. 2) vi. 210 Number of points at which two tangents are biflecnodal.
1874 G. Salmon Treat. Analytic Geom. Three Dimensions (ed. 3) 521 Biflecnodal points.
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