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CLINOID

Curve studied and named by Heinzerling in 1869.
From the Greek klinê: to lean ; clinoid is also the name of a bone in the skull.

 
Cartesian equation: , general solution of the differential equation .

If b or c is equal to zero, we get the exponential curve.
When b = c = a/2, we get the catenary.
 
 
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