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Trochoid

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hypotrochoidnoun	(geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates inside the perimeter of another circle.
strophoidnoun	(geometry) The locus of a point that has a certain relationship with a given curve
epitrochoidnoun	A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine
cycloidnoun	(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
rotoidnoun	(mathematics) A generalised helicoid.
osculating circlenoun	(geometry, for any point on a curve) The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve.
hypocycloidnoun	(geometry) Synonym of epicycloid.
circloidnoun	(mathematics) A variant of a cycloid being the locus of a point on a circle that rolls around another circle
cyclogonnoun	A curve created by the vertex of a polygon rolling on a straight line.
brachistochronenoun	(mathematics) A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points.
logocyclic curvenoun	(geometry) A right strophoid.
hypercyclenoun	(chemistry) A system of self-replicating molecules, as an explanation for the self-organization of prebiotic systems.
toroidnoun	A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.
toreverb	(geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
roulettenoun	(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
conchoidnoun	(mathematics, geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
gyrotangentnoun	A gyroline that intersects a gyrocircle in exactly one point.
brachystochronenoun	Alternative form of brachistochrone. [(mathematics) A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points.]
chordnoun	(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
horocyclenoun	(geometry) A curve in hyperbolic geometry whose normals all converge asymptotically.