(n.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.

AC arc Poulsen arc aperiodic discharge arc column arc discharge arc light arch bend bow brush discharge catacaustic catenary caustic circle color filter conchoid crook curl curvation curvature curve diacaustic dimmer discharge disruptive discharge electric discharge electric shock electric spark electrodeless discharge ellipse festoon floats flood floodlight footlights foots galvanic shock gelatin glow discharge hook hyperbola klieg light light plot lights limelight lituus marquee medium oscillatory discharge parabola round shock silent discharge sinus spark spark gap spot spotlight tracery