cycloid

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsaɪklɔɪd/

Definition of cycloid

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. A fish having cycloid scales.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Resembling a circle; cycloidal.
  2. (not-comparable)Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.
  3. (not-comparable)characterized by alternating high and low moods.

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Etymology

From cyclo- + -oid.

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