Associations to the word «Epicycloid»

Wiktionary

EPICYCLOID, noun. (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.

Dictionary definition

EPICYCLOID, noun. A line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle.

Wise words

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Ernest Hemingway