ansa |
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a looped handle.
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gyrose |
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covered with wavy lines.
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sulcus |
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a groove or furrow.
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Grolier |
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pertaining to a decorative design of
interlaced bands used in bookbinding.
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guilloche |
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an ornamental pattern of interlacing
curvilinear lines, esp. a band of two ribbons
twining around circular voids.
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oblate/prolate |
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(of a spheroid) squashed or stretched, respectively.
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cissoid/sistroid |
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the biconcave and biconvex quadrants, respectively,
of the intersection between two curves.
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running dog |
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a scroll in a stylized wave pattern (also
|Vitruvian scroll|).
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synclastic |
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(math.) having principal curvatures of the
same sign at a given point: egg-like, rather
than saddle-like. (ant. |anticlastic|)
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wimple |
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(Scot.) a fold or wrinkle, a curve or bend; to
wrap; to ripple; to follow a curving course.
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gyrovague |
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a wandering monk.
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