cardioid
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The cardioid is the curve formed when one circle rolls around the edge of another circle of the same size. It is named after its heart shape.
Heart-shaped curve traced out by a point on the circumference of a circle, resulting from the circle rolling around the edge of another circle of the same diameter.
The polar equation of the cardioid is of the form:
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