Cycloid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsaɪklɔɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cycloid is a noun meaning (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
Meaning
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A fish having cycloid scales.
- Resembling a circle; cycloidal.
- (zoology, of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.
- (psychoanalysis) characterized by alternating high and low moods.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- cycloids
Synonyms for cycloid
Depending on context, synonyms include rounded, cycloidal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rounded, prolate, curtate, hypocycloid, epicycloid, circloid.
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