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Meaning of 'cissoid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cissoid [ n.]
- A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.

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