Definition of Conchaid
Con"choid (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?;
shell + &?; form: cf. F. conchoïde.] (Geom.)
A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the
Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of
trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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