- ovals of cassini
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Usage: usually capitalized CEtymology: after G.D. Cassini died 1712 French astronomer
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Cassini oval — Some Cassini ovals. (b=0.6a, 0.8a, a, 1.2a, 1.4a, 1.6a) A Cassini oval is a plane curve defined as the set (or locus) of points in the plane such that the product of the distances to two fixed points … Wikipedia
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