Cycloid Synonyms & Definitions

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• CycloidDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One of the Cycloidei.
2. (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.
3. (n.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane.

• CycloideiDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n. pl.) An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.

• CycloidalDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.