Meaning of Didonia | Babel Free

Definitions

The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.

Examples

“And hence, by Meusnier's theorem, the difference of the squares of the curvatures of curve and surface is constant; the curvature of the surface meaning here the reciprocal of the radius of the sphere which osculates in the reduction of the element of the Didonia.”

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