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prolate cycloids

prolate cycloids is the plural of prolate cycloid.

Meaning of prolate cycloid

Noun

prolate cycloid (plural prolate cycloids)

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

Questions about prolate cycloids

What is prolate cycloids the plural of?
Prolate cycloids is the plural of prolate cycloid.

Words near prolate cycloids in the dictionary

  1. prolarva
  2. prolarvae
  3. prolarval
  4. prolate
  5. prolate cycloid
  6. prolate cycloids
  7. prolate spheroid
  8. prolate spheroids
  9. prolated
  10. prolately
  11. prolateness

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