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cardioid

noun

  1. type of curve
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: By surface analysis, cardi- + -oid.

  1. Having this characteristic shape
  2. sensitive in front, but not behind or at the sides

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, cardi- + -oid.

  1. An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation ρ=1+ cos ,θ - approximately heart-shaped