Definition of: brachistochrone

(brə·kis′tə·krōn) noun Physics
The line of motion along which a particle acted upon by a constraining force will move from one given point to another in the shortest time: also spelled brachystochrone. [<Gk. brachistos shortest + chronos time]

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brachistochrone problem
brachistochrone curve

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