Category:Definitions/Conchoids

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Let $\CC$ be a curve.

Let $P$ be a fixed point which may or may not lie on $\CC$ itself.

A conchoid is the locus of points $p$ such that:

each $p$ is on a straight line $\LL$ that passes through $P$ and intersects $\CC$

the distance from $p$ to the point of intersection with $\CC$ is a specified constant.