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oval of Cassini

noun

, Geometry.
  1. the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oval of Cassini1

After Italian geometer and astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712)

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