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adjectiveresembling a circle
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nouna line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight linetype of:
Definition that contains cycloid
- epicycle a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
- curtate cycloid a cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle
- cardioid an epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle
- cyprinid fish soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
- cyprinid soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
- prolate cycloid a cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle