spiral

Japanese: spiral
spiral

...If the intersection point of the tangent at point P on this curve with the x- axis is Q, then the length of PQ is always a (Figure 20). (8) A curve that can be expressed in polar coordinates as r = f (θ) ( f is monotonic) is generally called a spiral, spiral , or other such term. In particular, curves expressed as r = , r = aebθ , and r = a /θ ( a and b are constants) are called Archimedes' spiral, logarithmic spiral, and hyperbolic spiral, respectively (Figure 21). ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "spiral" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…この曲線上の点Pにおける接線とx軸との交点をQとすれば,PQの長さはつねにaである(図20)。(8)極座標を用いてrf(θ)(fは単調)で表されるような曲線を一般に螺線,スパイラルspiral,渦巻線などと呼ぶ。とくに,raθ,raebθ,ra/θ(a,bは定数)で表される曲線をそれぞれアルキメデスの螺線Archimedes’ spiral,対数螺線logarithmic spiral(等角螺線equiangular spiral),双曲螺線hyperbolic spiralという(図21)。…

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