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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 366 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRACHISTOCHRONE (from the Gr. /3paxurros, shortest, and xpovos, See also:time) ,. a See also:term invented by See also:John See also:Bernoulli in 1694 to denote the See also:curve along which a See also:body passes from one fixed point to another in the shortest time. When the directive force is See also:constant, the curve is a See also:cycloid (q.v.) ; under other conditions, spirals and other curves are described (see See also:MECHANICS).

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