horocyclic

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adjective

Relating to a set of points that are all equidistant (keeping other coordinates constant) from some constant point.

“In two-dimensional Euclidean geometry using a polar coordinate system, horocyclic flow is either the circular convergence toward or away from a point or the rotational flow around a point.”

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Meanings

adjectivehorocyclic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeometryRelating to a set of points that are all equidistant (keeping other coordinates constant) from some constant point.

    In two-dimensional Euclidean geometry using a polar coordinate system, horocyclic flow is either the circular convergence toward or away from a point or the rotational flow around a point.

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    Hence the regular polygon ABCD ... can either be a convex n-gon, a star n-gon, a horocylic apeirogon or a hypercyclic apeirogon.

    1984, Coxeter-Festschrift [Mitteilungen aus dem Mathem[atisches] Seminar Giessen], Giessen: Gießen Mathematischen Institut, Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen, page 247
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