A glissette is a curve traced out by a point that is carried by a curve which is made to slide between given points or given curves.
Examples
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A basic example is that of a line segment of which the endpoints slide along two perpendicular lines. The glissette of any point on the line forms an ellipse.[1]
- ^ Besant, William (1890). Notes on Roulettes and Glissettes. Deighton, Bell. p. 51. Retrieved 6 April 2017.