Fuchsian (foksian)

Pertaining to the Pru ian mathematician Lazarus Fuchs (born 1833). Fuchsian function (name given by Poincaré in 1881]. See function. - Fuchsian group. See group. fuchsin, fuchsine (fök's in), n. [ as magenta, roseine, red with it appears in commerce under various names, fuchsite (fök's it), n. [Named after Johann N. Fuchs, a distinguished chemist and mineralogist.] A variety of muscovite, or common mica, containing a small amount of chromium. It has a green color. Also called chrome - mica. fuci, n. Plural of fucus, 3. fuciphagous (fū-sif'a-gus), a. Same as fuciv orous.