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cycloids

cycloids is the plural of cycloid.

Meaning of cycloid

Noun

cycloid (plural cycloids)

  1. The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
    • In the firſt Courſe there was a Shoulder of Mutton, cut into an Æquilateral Triangle, a Piece of Beef into a Rhomboides, and a Pudding into a Cycloid.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
  2. A fish having cycloid scales.

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Phrases with cycloids

Questions about cycloids

What is cycloids the plural of?
Cycloids is the plural of cycloid.

Words near cycloids in the dictionary

  1. cycloidal engine
  2. cycloidal engines
  3. cycloidally
  4. cycloidian
  5. cycloidians
  6. cycloids
  7. cycloisomaltooligosaccharide
  8. cycloisomaltooligosaccharides
  9. cycloisomerase
  10. cycloisomerases
  11. cycloisomerisation

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