cardioid
- noun
- /ˈkɑrdɪɔɪd/
- Specialized
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cardioide
- To address this need for faster simulations, my team at IBM Research is working with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab on Cardioid, a code that simulates the human heart on the 20 Petaflop Blue Gene/Q, Sequoia.
Examples
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Well, what this is showing us is that all of the numbers in the main cardioid, they end up stabilizing onto a single constant value.
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So the main cardioid here, number one.
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Cardioid is today's version of that code.
Blog text (33) -
Phase-coherent cardioid (PCC) -- similar to PZM but less expensive.
Academic text (1994) -
A method for sound enhancement in these arrangements may consist of one or two phase-coherent cardioid (PCC) microphones placed along the front edge of the stage.
Academic text (1994) -
The cardioid is a unique shape often seen in mathematics, resembling a heart.
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You can visualize a cardioid by tracing the path of a point on a circle as it rolls around another circle of the same size.
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In geometry, a cardioid can be formed by using polar coordinates to plot its distinctive heart-like curve.
Compounds
- Specialized
A microphone that picks up sound mostly from the front and sides, reducing sound from the back
- Informal
A microphone that picks up sound mainly from the front and sides, reducing background noise
Surface Forms
Morphology
cardioid = cardio + oid
The term is built from the classical combining form cardio and the suffix -oid, but these bound forms are not generally transparent to an average B1 learner and the word is technical.
Etymology
The word cardioid comes from the Greek root cardio- meaning 'heart' and the ending -oid meaning 'like' or 'shape'. So a cardioid is a 'heart-shaped' curve, which is why the curve in math and the way some microphones pick up sound look like a heart.
