English

Noun

glissette ‎(plural glissettes)

1. (mathematics) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that moves continuously along another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.

References

In the preface to the first edition of Notes on Roulettes and Glissettes(1870), the author, William Henry Besant, stated, "I have ventured to introduce, and employ, the word Glissette, as being co-expressive with Roulette, a word which has been in use amongst mathematicians for a considerable time." ^[1]

1. ↑ http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=math;cc=math;view=toc;subview=short;idno=00630002