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Cycloid Common

Cycloid has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line

2

The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.

Adjective
1

resembling a circle

2

Resembling a circle; cycloidal.

See Also
circumference slip locus cycloidal hypocycloid circloid cycloidian spirograph
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
roulette
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
curtate cycloid prolate cycloid
Rhyming Words
oid boid ooid coid noid poid foid roid loid void doid zoid groid geoid booid avoid axoid aloid ploid pooid
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