hypocycloid

English

Etymology

From hypo- (“below or inside”) +‎ cycloid.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hypocycloid (plural hypocycloids)

1. (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.

Translations

locus

• Czech: hypocykloida f
• French: hypocycloïde (fr) f
• Hungarian: hipociklois
• Ido: hipocikloid (io)
• Irish: hipicioglóideach m
• Italian: ipocicloide f
• Polish: hipocykloida f
• Russian: гипоцикло́ида (ru) f (gipociklóida)
• Serbo-Croatian: хипоциклоида f (hipocikloida)
• Spanish: hipocicloide

See also

• cycloid
• epicycloid
• roulette
• Spirograph™
• astroid