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Cycloid   Listen
noun
Cycloid  n.  (Geom.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane. Note: The common cycloid is the curve described when the generating point (p) is on the circumference of the generating circle; the curtate cycloid, when that point lies without the circumference; the prolate or inflected cycloid, when the generating point (p) lies within that circumference.






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Words linked to "Cycloid" :   line roulette, rounded, curate cycloid, prolate cycloid, cycloidal



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