Hypocycloid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The plane locus of a point fixed on a circle that rolls on the inside circumference of a fixed circle.
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  • n. The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In geometry, a curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon the inside of another circle.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    line roulette    roulette   
    Cross Reference
    astroid    cycloid    epicycloid    roulette    Spirograph   
    Variant
    epicycloid    trochoid   
     
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