About The Word Epicycloid
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Epicycloid
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What's The Definition Of Epicycloid?
[n] a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle
Synonyms | Synonyms for Epicycloid: Related Terms | Find terms related to Epicycloid: See Also | cardioid | line roulette | roulette Epicycloid In Webster's Dictionary \Ep`i*cy"cloid\, n. [Epicycle + -oid: cf. F.
['e]picyclo["i]de.] (Geom.)
A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle
which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.
Note: Any point rigidly connected with the rolling circle,
but not in its circumference, traces a curve called an
epitrochoid. The curve traced by a point in the
circumference of the rolling circle when it rolls on
the concave side of a fixed circle is called a
hypocycloid; the curve traced by a point rigidly
connected with the rolling circle in this case, but not
its circumference, is called a hypotrochoid. All the
curves mentioned above belong to the class class called
roulettes or trochoids. See {Trochoid}.
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