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Rarecardioid
The correct spelling is cardioid.
How to pronounce cardioid
noun
Say it like: Car-dio-yd
The correct spelling is cardioid. An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation \rho = 1 + \cos\,\theta - approximately heart-shaped
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation \rho = 1 + \cos\,\theta - approximately heart-shaped
adjective
- 1.Having this characteristic shape
- 2.(of a microphone) sensitive in front, but not behind or at the sides
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