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CYCLOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("cycloid" is a kind of...):
line roulette; roulette (a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cycloid"):
curtate cycloid (a cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle)
prolate cycloid (a cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle)
Derivation:
cycloidal (resembling a circle)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a circle
Synonyms:
cycloid; cycloidal
Classified under:
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
