Wednesday Words – Names of Things

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Infinity by Overdue Confessions who shared the image under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.

We are all familar with the sideways eight representing infinity. It has become popluar in tattoos and jewelry. So much so we refer to it as the ‘infinity symbol.’ But saying that is going the long way around the barn, the symbol acutally has a name lemniscate. So next time you want a tattoo or bracelet ask for the lemniscate.

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