Definition of Cycloid. Meaning of Cycloid. Synonyms of Cycloid

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Definition of Cycloid

Cycloid
Cycloid Cy"cloid (s?"kloid), n. [Cyclo- + -oid: cf. F. cyclo["i]de.] (Geom.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane. Note: The common cycloid is the curve described when the generating point (p) is on the circumference of the generating circle; the curtate cycloid, when that point lies without the circumference; the prolate or inflected cycloid, when the generating point (p) lies within that circumference.
Cycloid
Cycloid Cy"cloid, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei. Cycloid scale (Zo["o]l.), a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.
Cycloid
Cycloid Cy"cloid, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Cycloidei.

Meaning of Cycloid from wikipedia

- In geometry, a cycloid is the curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line without slipping. A cycloid is a specific form of trochoid...
- cycloid is a curve traced by a rolling circle. "Cycloid" can also refer to: Cyclida (formerly Cycloidea), an order of prehistoric crustaceans Cycloid...
- ancestors to all jawed fishes today. Most bony fishes are covered with the cycloid scales of salmon and carp, or the ctenoid scales of perch, or the ganoid...
- point is on the circle, the trochoid is called common (also known as a cycloid); if the point is inside the circle, the trochoid is curtate; and if the...
- independent of the number of teeth. A Roots blower is one extreme, a form of cycloid gear where the ratio of the pitch diameter to the generating circle diameter...
- is the same shape as the tautochrone curve; both are cycloids. However, the portion of the cycloid used for each of the two varies. More specifically,...
- because the tautochrone curve is a cycloid, and the cycloid has the unique property that its evolute is also a cycloid. The theory of evolutes, in fact...
- Myxedematous psychosis Stimulant psychosis Tardive psychosis Shared psychosis Cycloid psychosis is typically an acute, self-limiting form of psychosis with psychotic...
- curve. The curve is a cycloid, and the time is equal to π times the square root of the radius (of the circle which generates the cycloid) over the acceleration...
- area of the cycloid is 3πr2: it is 3 times the area of the generating circle. The tangent cluster can be seen to be a circle because the cycloid is generated...