Definitions for cycloid
ˈsaɪ klɔɪdcy·cloid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cycloidadjective

   a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line

2. cycloid, cycloidaladjective

   resembling a circle

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cycloidnoun

   The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.

2. cycloidnoun

   A fish having cycloid scales.

3. cycloidadjective

   Resembling a circle; cycloidal.

4. cycloidadjective

   (of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CYCLOIDnoun

   A geometrical curve, of which the genesis may be conceived by imagining a nail in the circumference of a wheel: the line which the nail describes in the air, while the wheel revolves in a right line, is the cycloid.

   Etymology: from ϰυϰλὄιδης, of ϰύϰλος and ειδος, shape.

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1. Cycloid

   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 and is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve. The cycloid, with the cusps pointing upward, is the curve of fastest descent under uniform gravity (the brachistochrone curve). It is also the form of a curve for which the period of an object in simple harmonic motion (rolling up and down repetitively) along the curve does not depend on the object's starting position (the tautochrone curve).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cycloidnoun

   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

2. Cycloidadjective

   of or pertaining to the Cycloidei

3. Cycloidnoun

   one of the Cycloidei

4. Etymology: [Cyclo- + -oid: cf. F. cyclode.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cycloid

   A cycloid is the curve traced by a point on the rim of a circular wheel as the wheel rolls along a straight line. It is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve. The inverted cycloid is the solution to the brachistochrone problem and the related tautochrone problem.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cycloid

   A geometrical curve of the higher kind.

2. cycloid

   A geometrical curve, resulting from a circle being made to run along a right line, whence the French designate it roulette. But if a circle be made to roll along the circumference of another circle, it becomes an epicycloid (which see).

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cycloid in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cycloid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cycloid
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cycloid
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cycloid
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloid
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cycloid
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cycloid
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=cycloid