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Cycloid

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Noun

1. cycloid

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

Adjective

2. cycloid, cycloidal

resembling a circle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cycloid

see synonyms of cycloid
adjective
1. 
resembling a circle
2. 
(of fish scales) rounded, thin, and smooth-edged, as those of the salmon
3. psychiatry
(of a type of personality) characterized by exaggerated swings of mood between elation and depression
See also cyclothymia
noun
4. geometry
the curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle as the circle rolls along a straight line
Compare trochoid (sense 1)
5. 
a fish that has cycloid scales

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cycloid

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noun
1.  Geometry
a curve traced by any point on a radius, or an extension of the radius, of a circle which rolls without slipping through one complete revolution along a straight line in a single plane; trochoid
adjective
2. 
circular
3. 
designating or having fish scales that are roundish in form with smooth edges
4. 
designating or of a cyclothymic person

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cycloid

see synonyms of cycloid
adj.
1. Resembling a circle.
2. Zoology
a. Relating to or being a kind of fish scale that is thin, rounded, and smooth-edged and often shows concentric growth rings.
b. Having cycloid scales.
3. Psychology Afflicted with or relating to cyclothymia.
n.
Mathematics
The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls on a straight line.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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