hypercycle

A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.

Noun

  1. A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.

    Synonyms: hypercircle equidistant curve

  2. A system of self-replicating molecules, as an explanation for the self-organization of prebiotic systems.

Origin

From hyper- + cycle.

Forms

hypercycles