Cardioid

Origin

- + oid + -

Full definition of cardioid

Noun

1. (geometry) An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation $\backslash rho\; =\; 1\; +\; \backslash cos\backslash ,\backslash theta$ - having a shape supposedly heart-shaped

Adjective

1. Having this characteristic shape

Derived terms

• cardioid catacaustic
• cardioid condenser
• cardioid coordinate
• cardioid evolute
• cardioid inverse curve
• cardioid involute
• cardioid microphone

Anagrams

• caridoid