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Epicycloid

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Noun

1. epicycloid

a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Epicycloid

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noun
the curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle as this circle rolls around the outside of another fixed circle, the two circles being coplanar
Compare hypocycloid, cycloid (sense 4)

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Epicycloid

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

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

Epicycloid

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n.
The curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle as the circle rolls on the outside of the circumference of a second, fixed circle.

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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