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Cycloid

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cy⋅cloid

  [sahy-kloid]
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–adjective
1. resembling a circle; circular.
2. (of the scale of a fish) smooth-edged, more or less circular in form, and having concentric striations.
3. (of a fish) having such scales.
4. Psychiatry. of or noting a personality type characterized by wide fluctuation in mood within the normal range.
–noun
5. a cycloid fish.
6. Geometry. a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls, without slipping, on a straight line.
Origin:
1655–65; < Gk kykloeids like a circle. See cycl-, -oid

Related forms:
cy⋅cloi⋅dal, adjective
cy⋅cloi⋅dal⋅ly, adverb
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cy·cloid   (sī'kloid')   


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adj.  

  1. Resembling a circle.

  2. Zoology

    1. Thin, rounded, and smooth-edged; disklike. Used of fish scales.

    2. Having or composed of such scales.

  3. Psychiatry Afflicted with or relating to cyclothymia.

n.  

  1. Mathematics The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls on a straight line.

  2. Zoology A fish having cycloid scales.


[French cycloïde, from Greek kukloeidēs, circular : kuklos, circle; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots + -oeidēs, -oid.]
cy·cloi'dal (-kloid'l) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1cy·cloid
Pronunciation: 'sI-"kloid
Function: noun
: a cycloid individual

Main Entry: 2cycloid
Function: adjective
: relating to, having, or being a personality characterized by alternating high and low moods —compare CYCLOTHYMIC
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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cycloid

the curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls along a straight line. If r is the radius of the circle and theta (theta) is the angular displacement of the circle, then the polar equations of the curve are x = r(theta - sin theta) and y = r(1 - cos theta)

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