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Definitions for cycloid
ˈsaɪ klɔɪdcy·cloid

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cycloidadjective

    a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line

  2. cycloid, cycloidaladjective

    resembling a circle

Wiktionary

  1. cycloidnoun

    The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.

  2. cycloidnoun

    A fish having cycloid scales.

  3. cycloidadjective

    Resembling a circle; cycloidal.

  4. cycloidadjective

    (of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CYCLOIDnoun

    A geometrical curve, of which the genesis may be conceived by imagining a nail in the circumference of a wheel: the line which the nail describes in the air, while the wheel revolves in a right line, is the cycloid.

    Etymology: from ϰυϰλὄιδης, of ϰύϰλος and ειδος, shape.

Wikipedia

  1. Cycloid

    In geometry, a cycloid is the curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line without slipping. A cycloid is a specific form of trochoid and is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve. The cycloid, with the cusps pointing upward, is the curve of fastest descent under uniform gravity (the brachistochrone curve). It is also the form of a curve for which the period of an object in simple harmonic motion (rolling up and down repetitively) along the curve does not depend on the object's starting position (the tautochrone curve).

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  1. cycloid

    A cycloid is a specific type of curve that is produced by a point on the circumference of a circle as the circle rolls without slipping along a straight line. It is often described as the curve traced by a point on the rim of a wheel as the wheel rolls along a flat surface without slipping.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cycloidnoun

    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. Cycloidadjective

    of or pertaining to the Cycloidei

  3. Cycloidnoun

    one of the Cycloidei

  4. Etymology: [Cyclo- + -oid: cf. F. cyclode.]

Wikidata

  1. Cycloid

    A cycloid is the curve traced by a point on the rim of a circular wheel as the wheel rolls along a straight line. It is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve. The inverted cycloid is the solution to the brachistochrone problem and the related tautochrone problem.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cycloid

    A geometrical curve of the higher kind.

  2. cycloid

    A geometrical curve, resulting from a circle being made to run along a right line, whence the French designate it roulette. But if a circle be made to roll along the circumference of another circle, it becomes an epicycloid (which see).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cycloid in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cycloid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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