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cycloid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsaɪklɔɪd/

Etymology

From cyclo- + -oid.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Resembling a circle; cycloidal.
2. (not-comparable, of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.
3. (not-comparable) characterized by alternating high and low moods.

Deriveds

cycloidal · curtate cycloid · cycloidal arch · prolate cycloid · cycloidal engine

Relateds

hypocycloid · epicycloid · Spirograph™

Translations (10)

ga ciorclóideach (resembling a circle) · pl cykloidalny (resembling a circle) · pt cicloide (resembling a circle) · el κυκλοειδής (resembling a circle) · es cicloidal (resembling a circle) · fr cycloïdal (resembling a circle) · pl cykloidalny (fish scales: thin and rounded) · es cicloideo (resembling a circle) · ga cioglóideach (resembling a circle) · fr cycloïde (fish scales: thin and rounded)

cycloid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsaɪklɔɪd/

Etymology

From cyclo- + -oid.

Meanings

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: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 20:
2. A fish having cycloid scales.

Forms

Deriveds

circloid

Translations (22)

ga cioglóideach (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · sh cikloída (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · ga ciorclóideach (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · el κυκλοειδής (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · ru цикло́ида (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · ca cicloide (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · pt cicloide (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · pl cykloida (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · sh циклои́да (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · es cicloide (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · nl cycloïde (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · pl cykloida (zoology: fish with cycloid scales) · de Zykloide (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · eo cikloido (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · fi sykloidi (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · hu ciklois (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · de Radlaufkurve (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · ro cicloidă (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · oc cicloïde (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · cs cykloida (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · it cicloide (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle) · fr cycloïde (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle)