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A squircle is a shape intermediate between a square and a circle. There are at least two definitions of "squircle" in use, one based on the superellipse, the other arising from work in optics. The word "squircle" is a portmanteau of the words "square" and "circle". Squircles have been applied in design and optics.

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[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why have I never heard of a Sphube before? This is outrageous.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

That sounds way dirtier than what it is

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

I have an entire SageMath Jupyter Notebook devoted to Squiganometry. That is some fun stuff to play with!

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Matt Parker has a great episode on his channel dedicated to the Squircle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjtTcyWL0NA

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I don't know why I hate them so much but I do lol

Fuckin knock it off, Samsung /j