EPICYCLOID

Epicycloid

In geometry, an epicycloid is a plane curve produced by tracing the path of a chosen point of a circle — called an epicycle — which rolls without slipping around a fixed circle. It is a particular kind of roulette.

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epicycloid

Noun

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


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