lituus
noun
a polar curve generated by the locus of a point moving so that the square of its radius vector varies inversely as the angle the radius vector makes with the polar axis. Equation: θr 2 = a.
litui
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pluralof lituus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The word is used, though it is hardly fitting; what the people heard when they came forth was rather an uproar of trumpets and the shriller litui so delightful to the soldiers.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
He could show the litui with their carved clarions--the twisted cornua--the tuba, a trumpet so long and taper,--the concha wound by Tritons--and eke the buccina, a short and brattling horn.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
