Wikipedia
Lissajous may refer to
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Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), French mathematician
- Lissajous curve (or figure, or spiral), a mathematical figure showing a type of harmonic motion
- Lissajous knot, in knot theory
- Lissajous orbit, an orbital trajectory resembling a Lissajous curve
Usage examples of "lissajous".
Emily was the exception to this family pattern, contenting herself with a little sherry and three long, slim reefers, which she drew from an elegant foil package covered with gold script and Lissajous curves, and which she inhaled sippingly, her lips rapidly shuddering with a very faint, low, trilling sound.
He manipulated the stream into Lissajous figures as it vanished into the starry blackness beneath the jutting rock.
One lead hooked him into the plethysmograph and the Lissajous oscilloscope and the GSR galvanometer.
The Lissajous pulsations became hallucinations in the sex organs of the computer.
They circled, and the image on the Lissajous screen became a circle as she captured the machine and held her in phase again.
He looked around, and saw Margit performing an elaborate Lissajous manoeuvre, smoothly orchestrating a dozen transitions at once.