WITCH OF AGNESI


Meaning of WITCH OF AGNESI in English

/ah nyay"zee/ , Geom.

a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a - y ). Also called versiera .

[ 1870-75; named after Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-99), Italian mathematician and philosopher ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .