1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Hypocycloid

Definition of Hypocycloid in English :

Define Hypocycloid in English

Hypocycloid meaning in English

Meaning of Hypocycloid in English

Pronunciation of Hypocycloid in English

Hypocycloid pronunciation in English

Pronounce Hypocycloid in English

Hypocycloid

see synonyms of hypocycloid

Noun

1. hypocycloid

a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hypocycloid

see synonyms of hypocycloid
noun
a curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle as the circle rolls around the inside of a fixed coplanar circle
Compare epicycloid, cycloid (sense 4)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hypocycloid

see synonyms of hypocycloid
noun
Geometry
the curve traced by a point on the circumference of an epicycle that rolls around the inside of a fixed circle
see also epicycloid

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

Hypocycloid

see synonyms of hypocycloid
n.
The plane locus of a point fixed on a circle that rolls on the inside circumference of a fixed circle.

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

WORD OF THE DAY

cookie-cutter

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches