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circloid

circloid noun: a variant of a cycloid being the locus of a point on a circle that rolls around another circle.

Noun

circloid (plural circloids)

  1. A variant of a cycloid being the locus of a point on a circle that rolls around another circle
    • Our second result shows that if the continuum K is minimal with the property of being annular (what we call a circloid), then every rational number between the extrema of the rotation set in K is realized by a periodic orbit in K.2015, Andres Koropecki, “Realizing rotation numbers on annular continua”, in arXiv

Forms of circloid

pluralcircloids

Origin of circloid

Blend of circle + cycloid.

Questions about circloid

What does circloid mean?
Circloid means a variant of a cycloid being the locus of a point on a circle that rolls around another circle.
What part of speech is circloid?
Circloid is a noun.
What is the plural of circloid?
The plural of circloid is circloids.

Words near circloid in the dictionary

  1. circlish
  2. circlize
  3. circlized
  4. circlizes
  5. circlizing
  6. circloid
  7. circloids
  8. circly
  9. Circo
  10. circocele
  11. circoceles

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