Definition of Epicicloid
Ep`i*cy"cloid (?), n. [Epicycle
+ -oid: cf. F. épicycloïde.] (Geom.)
A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which
rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.
&fist; Any point rigidly connected with the rolling circle, but
not in its circumference, traces a curve called an
epitrochoid. The curve traced by a point in the circumference
of the rolling circle when it rolls on the concave side of a fixed
circle is called a hypocycloid; the curve traced by a point
rigidly connected with the rolling circle in this case, but not its
circumference, is called a hypotrochoid. All the curves
mentioned above belong to the class class called roulettes or
trochoids. See Trochoid.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (geometry) The locus of a point on a circle that rolls along the outside of another circle.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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