A sextic is an algebraic curve of degree 6.
For examples of rational sextics, see the next page.
Example of non-rational sextics: the curve of the dipole, the radial curve of the ellipse, the three-bar linkage curve, the conchoids of circles, the base of the slider-crank mechanism, the Beutel heart.
 

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