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Definition of: lituus
(lit′y
·əs) noun plural lit·u·i (lit′y·ī) Math.
A polar curve traced by a point moving so that the square of its distance from the pole varies inversely as its polar angle: it is trumpet-shaped, asymptotic to the polar axis, and approaches the pole as a limit. [<L, crooked staff, curved trumpet]
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