Unicursal definition

Being composed entirely of a single continuous path or line.
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An object or figure composed entirely of a single continuous path or line (e.g. a turf maze)
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Noun

Singular:
unicursal
Plural:
unicursals

Unicursal Sentence Examples

  • In particular if D =o, that is, if the given curve be unicursal, the transformed curve is a line, 4 is a mere linear function of 0, and the theorem is that the co-ordinates x, y, z of a point of the unicursal curve can be expressed as proportional to rational and integral functions of 0; it is easy to see that for a given curve of the order m, these functions of 0 must be of the same order m.

  • The theorem of united points in regard to points in a right line was given in a paper, June-July 1864, and it was extended to unicursal curves in a paper of the same series (March 1866), " Sur les courbes planes ou a double courbure dont les points peuvent se determiner individuellement - application du principe de correspondance dans la theorie de ces courbes."

  • However, I have decided that a unicursal maze is an abstract pattern made by a single line, or a few crossing lines.

  • Hence it is unicursal (see CURVE).

  • These curves are instances of unicursal bicircular quartics.

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