Definition of Prolate cycloid. Meaning of Prolate cycloid. Synonyms of Prolate cycloid

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Definition of Prolate cycloid

Prolate cycloid
Prolate Pro"late, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate. ] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate. Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid. Prolate ellipsoid or spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

Meaning of Prolate cycloid from wikipedia

- known as a cycloid); if the point is inside the circle, the trochoid is curtate; and if the point is outside the circle, the trochoid is prolate. The word...
- a cycloid in which the point tracing the curve may be inside the rolling circle (curtate) or outside (prolate). Hypocycloid: variant of a cycloid in...
- follow a prolate trochoidal path. These devices are sometimes called cycloidal m**** spectrometers, although the path is not a cycloid (the prolate trochoid...
- the n-gon, and prolate (with loops) if z is outside the n-gon. If z is at a vertex it traces an epicyclogon or a hypocyclogon. Cycloid Epicycloid Hypocycloid...
- known from the Maastrichtian, including Eoserr****, Indiaichthys, and Prolates, although their exact taxonomic identity remains uncertain. The dorsal...