| Pronunciation: | | `hIpu'sIkloyd
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle |
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HYPOCYCLOID is a 11 letter word that starts with H. |
| | See Also: | | line roulette, roulette |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hy`po*cy"cloid\, n. [Pref. hypo- + cycloid: cf. F.
hypocyclo["i]de.] (Geom.)
A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle
which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf.
{Epicycloid}, and {Trochoid}.
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