lemniscata Meaning, Definition & Usage

Lem`nis*ca"ta, Lem*nis"cate noun (Also<
  • Lemniscata
  • Lemniscate
)
Etymology
L. lemniscatus adorned with ribbons, fr. lemniscus a ribbon having down, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Geom.) A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.

Webster 1913