Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lissajous figure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: lis-sajous -fig-ure
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.

Example Sentences

"The Scope proved to be a haunt for electronics assembly people from Yoyodyne. The green neon sign outside ingeniously depicted the face of an oscilloscope tube, over which flowed an ever-changing dance of Lissajous figures."

Etymology

Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.

Inflected Forms

Lissajous figures (plural)

Phrases

Lissajous knot Lissajous orbit

Frequently Paired Words

Lissajous knot Lissajous orbit harmonograph

Synonyms

Lissajous curve

Questions

What does lissajous figure mean?: A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.
Where does lissajous figure come from?: Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.

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