NOUN | shape | line roulette, roulette | a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure |
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Meaning | A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure. | |
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Synonym | roulette | |
Narrower | cycloid | A line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line |
epicycloid | A line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle | |
hypocycloid | A line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle | |
Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
Spanish | ruleta | |
Catalan | ruleta |
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