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conchoid.

Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).

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  1. Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).

    The conchoid of a circle with respect to a point on the circle is a cardioid if the fixed distance is equal to the diameter of the circle.
    The Conchoid of Nicomedes is the conchoid of a straight line with respect to a point not on the line.

  2. A conchoidal fracture in rock.

Where this word comes from

From Latin concha (“mussel”) (from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē)) + -oid or directly from Ancient Greek κογχοειδής (konkhoeidḗs), referring to the curved outline of a mussel shell or anything in this form. By surface analysis, conch + -oid.

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