Pronunciation: -än- ' y ā -z ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Maria Gaetana Agnesi † 1799 Italian mathematician; witch, translation of Italian versiera cubic curve (influenced by Italian versiera female demon)
Date: 1875
: a plane cubic curve that is symmetric about the y-axis and approaches the x-axis as an asymptote and that has the equation x 2 y = 4 a 2 (2 a - y )