Rose Small 317×320 Medium 633×640 Large 1013×1024 Download Tiff Original 2374×2400 | (392.0 KB) Description "In geometry, certain transcendental curves having, in polar coordinates, equations of the form ρ = a cos b &theta. D, four-leaved rose of equation ρ = a cos 2 &theta." -Whitney, 1911 Keywords coordinates, cosine, curves, equation, four-leaved rosette, geometry, math, rose, Rosette Galleries Rosettes Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
