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curtate cycloid

curtate cycloid noun: a cycloid where the distance from the point to the center of the rolling circle is shorter than the radius of the circle itself, instead of having the point on the circumference.

Noun

curtate cycloid (plural curtate cycloids)

  1. A cycloid where the distance from the point to the center of the rolling circle is shorter than the radius of the circle itself, instead of having the point on the circumference.
    • Coordinate term: prolate cycloid

Forms of curtate cycloid

pluralcurtate cycloids

Questions about curtate cycloid

What does curtate cycloid mean?
Curtate cycloid means a cycloid where the distance from the point to the center of the rolling circle is shorter than the radius of the circle itself, instead of having the point on the circumference.
What part of speech is curtate cycloid?
Curtate cycloid is a noun.
What is the plural of curtate cycloid?
The plural of curtate cycloid is curtate cycloids.

Words near curtate cycloid in the dictionary

  1. curtal-axes
  2. curtals
  3. curtana
  4. curtanas
  5. curtate
  6. curtate cycloid
  7. curtate cycloids
  8. curtation
  9. curtations
  10. curtaxe
  11. Curtea

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