Trochoid
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trochoid is a noun meaning (geometry) The curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line.
Meaning
(geometry) The curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line.
More Meanings
- (malacology) An organism or fossil with a trochoid shell (especially one in the gastropod family Trochidae), or the shell itself.
- Capable of rolling.
- Allowing rotation.
- (malacology, of a shell or fossil) High-spired; conical.
Word Forms
- trochoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypotrochoid, strophoid, epitrochoid, cycloid, rotoid, hypocycloid.
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