cycloid

/sˈa‍ɪklɔ‍ɪd/

/sˈaɪklɔɪd/

Cycloid

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

cycloid

resembling a circle

synonyms : cycloidal

Examples

1. So a cycloid is roughly speaking this curve.

2. It all started with the cycloids, a group of arthropods that lived from the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous era.

3. The current best theory for the origin of the Europan cycloids has to do with its weird tides.

4. describes a curve like this and that's called a cycloid.