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Locus vs Glissette - What's the difference?

locus | glissette |

In mathematics terms the difference between locus and glissette

is that locus is the set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition while glissette is 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.

As nouns the difference between locus and glissette

is that locus is a place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime while glissette is 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.

locus

English

Noun

(loci)
  • A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
  • The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
  • (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
  • A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.
  • (genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
  • Usage notes

    * sometimes confused with locust

    glissette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) 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.
  • (Webster 1913)

    History

    In the preface to the first edition of Notes on Roulettes and Glissettes(1870), the author, William Henry Besant stated, "I have ventured to introduce, and employ, the word Glissette, as being co-expressive with Roulette, a word which has been in use amongst mathematicians for a considerable time." http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=math;cc=math;view=toc;subview=short;idno=00630002