glissette

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noun

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.

OriginFrench glissette →
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Meanings

nounglissette (plural glissettes)

plural glissettes

  1. mathematicsThe 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.

Origin

  1. Frenchglissette
  2. Englishglissette

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

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APA

glissette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glissette

MLA

“glissette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glissette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glissette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glissette.

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