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HYPOCYCLOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypocycloid mean?
• HYPOCYCLOID (noun)
The noun HYPOCYCLOID has 1 sense:
1. a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle
Familiarity information: HYPOCYCLOID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("hypocycloid" is a kind of...):
line roulette; roulette (a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure)
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