epicycloid
IPA: ˈɛpʌsaɪkɫɔɪd
noun
- (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.
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Examples of "epicycloid" in Sentences
- The epicycloid was a special shape.
- He liked the meaning of the epicycloid.
- Hence spirograph rather than epicycloid.
- The man drew the shape of the epicycloid.
- An epicycloid and its evolute are similar.
- The epicycloid is a special kind of epitrochoid.
- The nephroid is also an epicycloid of two cusps.
- An epicycloid fails to show any convexity at the cusps.
- An epitrochoid is a much smoother curve than an epicycloid.
- This figure shows the nephroid as an epicycloid in another way.
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