tautochrone

名詞

(mathematics) A curve, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall.

日本語の意味

数学において、重い物体が重力により曲線に沿って落下する際、どの位置から出発しても常に同じ時間で最低点に達するという性質を持つ曲線。

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During the demonstration, she drew a tautochrone on the board and invited the students to test how objects slid down it in equal times.

実演中、彼女は黒板に等時曲線を描き、出発点にかかわらず重力で滑り落ちる物体が常に同じ時間で最も低い点に到達することを学生たちに確かめるよう促した。

詳細

意味（1）

(mathematics) A curve, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall.

An inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.

詳細

tautochrones （ plural ）