Cardioid

Japanese: cardioid
Cardioid

…When a moving point Q is placed on a circle whose diameter is the line segment connecting the origin O and A( a ,0), and a line segment QP of length b is placed on both sides of Q on the straight line OQ, P draws this curve. The limaçon when a = b is usually called a cardioid or heart shape (Figure 8). In general, the curve drawn by the foot of a perpendicular line drawn from a fixed point O to each tangent of a fixed curve C is called the pedal curve of C at O. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "cardioid" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…原点OとA(a,0)を結ぶ線分を直径とする円周上に動点Qをとり,直線OQ上に長さbの線分QPをQの両側にとるとき,Pはこの曲線を描く。abの場合のリマソンはふつうカージオイドcardioidまたは心臓形と呼ばれる(図8)。一般に,1定点Oから定曲線Cの各接線に下ろした垂線の足の描く曲線をCのOに関する垂足曲線pedal curveという。…

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