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epicycloid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- English cycloid English epicycloid From epi- (“above or outside”) + cycloid.

Meanings

  1. The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.

Forms

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epicycloids Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

epicycloidal

Relateds

cycloid · epicycle · Spirograph · roulette

Synonyms

hypocycloid

Translations (12)

fi episykloidi (locus) · es epicicloide (locus) · cs epicykloida (locus) · ro epicicloidă (locus) · it epicicloide (locus) · sh епициклоида (locus) · af episikloïed (locus) · ru эпицикло́ида (locus) · pl epicykloida (locus) · de Epizykloide (locus) · pt epicicloide (locus) · fr épicycloïde (locus)