English dictionary
trochoid
/'tr/oU/k//Oi//d/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.
Source: webster1913
noun
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The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids.
Source: webster1913