Term Information

Accession
PATO:0002318
Name
superelliptic
Ontology
Synonyms
Lamé curve
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A shape constituting a transition between a rectangle and a circle; a closed curve, of which the circle and ellipse are special cases, whose parametric equation is x = a.cos2/rt, y = b.cos2/rt Source: wiktionary:superellipse
Comment
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Subset
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Parents of superelliptic (PATO:0002318)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
superelliptic [is_a relation] is_a  2-D shape (PATO:0002006)
Children of superelliptic (PATO:0002318)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
elliptic (PATO:0000947) [is_a relation] is_a  superelliptic
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