nodated hyperbola

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nodated hyperbola - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nodated \No"da*ted\, a. [L. nodatus, p. p. of nodare to make
     knotty, fr. nodus knot. See Node.]
     Knotted.
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     Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), a certain curve of the third
        order having two branches which cross each other, forming
        a node.
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