, a name given by some to a curve of the 2d order, expressed by the equation , being one species of defective hyperbolas, with one asymptote, and consisting of two infinite legs crossing each other, forming a sort of leaf. It is the 42d species of Newton's Lines of the 3d Order.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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