##  [Self-Intersecting Curve](/self-intersecting-curve) 

  ##  [Self-Intersecting Curve](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/self-intersecting-curve-0) 

  

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Definition

A curve (image of a continuous map from an interval or circle) whose image meets itself at one or more points, so that the parametrization is not injective and multiple parameter values map to the same point in the ambient space.