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Hodograph

[hod-uh-graf, -grahf]

noun Mathematics, Mechanics.

the figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.

Origin:
1840–50; < Greek hod(ós) way + -o- + -graph

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a system of calculation based on the properties of numbers; the discussion of a problem by algebra consisting of calculus and its higher developments

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hodograph (ˈhɒdəˌɡrɑːf, -ɡræf)

—n
	a curve of which the radius vector represents the velocity of a moving particle

[C19: from Greek hodos way + -graph]

hodo'graphic

—*adj*

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