
• (a.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.
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<geometry> That can be passed over in a single course; said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter <theta/. ... As <theta/ varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of <theta/ there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, ...
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