sextic

A sextic curve is an algebraic curve of the sixth degree.

Sextic curves are a subset of:

• Lissajous curve
• nodal curve (windmill curve)
• polytrope
• quadrifolium
• rhodonea (Dürer's folium)
• teardrop curve

Specific sixth order curves are:

• arcs of Samothrace
• astroid
• atriphtaloid
• butterfly curve
• Cayley's sextic
• Ceva's trisectrix
• peanut curve
• double egg
• bow tie
• cornoid
• dipole curve
• dumbbell curve
• kiss curve
• nephroid
• scarabaeus
• Watt's curve