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Point-line difference shapes

Another shape without a common name is the one defined as a constant difference of distances to a focus and a directrix:

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In Euclidean geometry, these appear to be a parabola:

A parabolic shape defined by a constant difference of distances to a point and a line, in Euclidean geometry.
A parabolic shape defined by a constant difference of distances to a point and a line, in Euclidean geometry.

That makes sense, since a parabola is the set of points equidistant from a focus and a directrix, or having zero difference in distances.

Interestingly, though, this definition can also produce a kind of double parabola:

A double parabolic shape, in Euclidean geometry.
A double parabolic shape, in Euclidean geometry.

Taxicab geometry has analogs for both:

A parabolic shape, in taxicab geometry.
A parabolic shape, in taxicab geometry.
A double parabolic shape.
A double parabolic shape.

The double parabola above just looks like two angled lines, and to see them as overlapping parabloas requires some foreknowledge of what you're looking for.

With the directrix at 45° to the axes, the shape still looks like a taxicab parabola with a similarly sloped directrix:

A parabolic shape with the directrix at 45°.
A parabolic shape with the directrix at 45°.

When forming a double parabola against a directrix at 45°, the shape becomes two right angles:

A double parabolic shape with the directrix at 45°.
A double parabolic shape with the directrix at 45°.

With a sloped line, some foreknowledge again helps to see the underlying pair of overlapping parabolas:

A double parabolic shape, offset with one another.
A double parabolic shape, offset with one another.