cycloid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 7
/ˈsaɪklɔɪd/
Definition of cycloid
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
“In the firſt Courſe there was a Shoulder of Mutton, cut into an Æquilateral Triangle, a Piece of Beef into a Rhomboides, and a Pudding into a Cycloid.”
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noun
-
The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
“In the firſt Courſe there was a Shoulder of Mutton, cut into an Æquilateral Triangle, a Piece of Beef into a Rhomboides, and a Pudding into a Cycloid.”
- A fish having cycloid scales.
adj
- (not-comparable)Resembling a circle; cycloidal.
- (not-comparable)Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.
- (not-comparable)characterized by alternating high and low moods.
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Etymology
From cyclo- + -oid.
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