harmonic conjugates
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of harmonic conjugates
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If A and C are harmonic conjugates with respect to B and D, then B and D are harmonic conjugates with respect to A and C.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman
Also, conjugate diameters are harmonic conjugates with respect to the asymptotes.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman
Corresponding rays of the involution are harmonic conjugates with respect to the double rays.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman
In an hyperbolic involution any two conjugate points are harmonic conjugates with regard to the two foci.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
They will therefore cut the principal axis in two points, which are conjugate in the involution considered in � 84; hence they are harmonic conjugates with regard to the foci.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
