epicycloidal

[ep-uh-sahy-kloid]

ep·i·cy·cloid

[ep-uh-sahy-kloid]
noun Geometry.
a curve generated by the motion of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls externally, without slipping, on a fixed circle. Equation: x = (a + b) cos(θ) − b cos[(a + b)θ/b] and y = (a + b) sin(θ) − b sin[(a + b)θ/b].
Compare epitrochoid.


Origin:
1780–90; epicycle + -oid

ep·i·cy·cloi·dal, adjective
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Epicycloidal is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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epicycloid (ˌɛpɪˈsaɪklɔɪd)
 
n
hypocycloid Compare cycloid 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
 
epicy'cloidal
 
adj

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