flecnode Math.
(ˈflɛknəʊd)
[f. flec- root of L. flectĕre to bend + nod-us knot, node.]
(See quot.) Hence ˈflecnodal a., pertaining to a flecnode, as flecnodal curve.
| 1873 Salmon Higher Plane Curves vi. (1879) 217 Such a node may be considered as the union of an ordinary node with a point of inflexion..and the node may be termed a flecnode. |