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optic sign (medicine) and epitrochoid (medicine)


optic sign (medicine)


optic sign
<microscopy> For uniaxial materials, by definition, the sign is positive if the value epsilon minus omega is positive, and negative if epsilon - omega is negative. For biaxial materials, the sign is positive if gamma is the acute bisectrix, and negative if alpha is the acute bisectrix, or positive if gamma - beta greater than beta - alpha and negative if gamma - beta less than beta - alpha


epitrochoid (medicine)


epitrochoid
<geometry> A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.

Origin: Pref. Epi- + Gr. Wheel.

Source: Websters Dictionary