Etymology

glissette

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Today it means: The locus described by any point attached to a curve that moves continuously along another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant. Full definition →

French glissette
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  1. French · derived fromglissette
  2. English todayglissette

From French glissette, from glisser (“to slip”).

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