Search
Select the dictionary language
Cycloid
01
a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
cycloids
cycloid
01
(of a curve) formed by a point on a circle rolling on a line
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
relational
ungradable
Examples
The cycloid shape is often applied in physics to describe the motion of objects under rolling conditions.
Lexical Tree
cycloidal
cycloid
