单词 | sextactic |
释义 | > as lemmassextactic sextactic adj. Brit. , U.S. Mathematics relating to or involving a point of contact of the sixth degree.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [adjective] > specific numbers of sextactic1859 triacnodal1873 tricrunodal1873 bipunctual1878 uninodal1894 1859 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 149 389 If the conic meet the cubic in six coincident points, that is, if the point of contact be a singular point of the kind already spoken of, or, as we may term it, a sextactic point, then the last-mentioned line must coincide with the tangent at the point. 2002 Nagoya Math. Jrnl. 167 55 In analogy with tangent lines and inflection points of regular curves in the real or complex projective plane, one can consider their osculating conics and sextactic points. < as lemmas |
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