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Epicycloid
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a curve created by tracing the path of a point on a small rolling circle as it revolves around the edge of a larger circle
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
epicycloids
Examples
Planetary astronomers once thought the apparent motions of Mars could be explained by a combination of deferents and epicycloids modeled after circular trajectories.
