SPIRAL OF ARCHIMEDES


Meaning of SPIRAL OF ARCHIMEDES in English

Pronunciation: - ˌ är-k ə - ' m ē -d ē z

Etymology: Archimedes

Date: circa 1856

: a plane curve that is generated by a point moving away from or toward a fixed point at a constant rate while the radius vector from the fixed point rotates at a constant rate and that has the equation ρ = a θ in polar coordinates

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