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Crunode

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A point where a curve intersects itself so that two branches of the curve have distinct tangent lines. The Maclaurin Trisectrix, shown above, has a crunode at the origin.

See also Acnode, Spinode, Tacnode




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25