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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
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
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.
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