SINCE 1828
Bertrand curve
noun
Ber·trand curve
| \ ˈber-ˌtränd-, ber-ˈträⁿ-\
Definition of Bertrand curve
: either of two twisted curves having the property that the principal normals to one of them are also principal normals to the other
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