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Horocycle vs Horocyclic - What's the difference?

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Horocycle is a related term of horocyclic.


In geometry|lang=en terms the difference between horocycle and horocyclic

is that horocycle is (geometry) a curve in hyperbolic geometry whose normals all converge asymptotically while horocyclic is (geometry) relating to a set of points that are all equidistant (keeping other coordinates constant) from some constant point.

As a noun horocycle

is (geometry) a curve in hyperbolic geometry whose normals all converge asymptotically.

As an adjective horocyclic is

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

horocycle

English

(wikipedia horocycle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) A curve in hyperbolic geometry whose normals all converge asymptotically.

    • horocyclic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (geometry) 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.

    Related terms

    * horocycle