Thesaurus: cycloid

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1. n. 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.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.
3. n. One of the Cycloidei.
4. adj. resembling a circle
5. n. a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line
6. 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. Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei. Cycloid scale (Zoöl.), a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin. One of the Cycloidei.
7. A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when thecircle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the sameplane.
8. n. a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line s. resembling a circle