Definition of 'epicycloid'
noun
the curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle as this circle rolls around the outside of another fixed circle, the two circles being coplanar
Compare hypocycloid, cycloid (sense 4)Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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adjective
noun
Geometry
the curve traced by a point on the circumference of an epicycle that rolls around the outside of a fixed circle
see also hypocycloidWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
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