| NOUN | shape | cycloid | a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | cycloid, cycloidal | resembling a circle |
| Meaning | resembling a circle. | |
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| Synonym | cycloidal | |
| Broader | rounded | curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged |
| Spanish | cicloidal | |
| Meaning | A line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line. | |
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| Narrower | curtate cycloid | A cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle |
| prolate cycloid | A cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle | |
| Broader | roulette, line roulette | A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure |
| Spanish | cicloide | |
| Catalan | cicloide | |
| Adjectives | cycloidal | resembling a circle |
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