adjective. Resembling a circle.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Relating to or being a kind of fish scale that is thin, rounded, and smooth-edged and often shows concentric growth rings.

adjective. Having cycloid scales.

adjective. Afflicted with or relating to cyclothymia.

noun. The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls on a straight line.

Resembling a circle; having a circular form.

Specifically In ichthyology: More or less circular, with concentric striations: applied to the scales of certain fishes. See cut under scale.

Having somewhat circular scales, as a fish; specifically, pertaining to the Cycloidei.

noun. A curve generated by a point in the circumference or on a radius of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line and kept always in the same plane.

noun. In ichthyology, a cycloid fish; a fish with cycloid scales, or one of the Cycloidei.

In chem., containing a cycle or ring of atoms: used especially of the structure of organic compounds.

noun. 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.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.

adjective. a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.

noun. One of the Cycloidei.

noun. The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.

noun. A fish having cycloid scales.

adjective. Resembling a circle; cycloidal.

adjective. (of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.

adjective. resembling a circle

noun. a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line

"8.13 A Beautiful Curve ∗ One of the most wonderful curves I can think of, and one that had a great in fl uence on me in my youth, is called a cycloid, which is the locus ∗ ∗ of a fi xed point on the circumference of a circle as it rolls, without slipping, along a straight line (Figure 8.8)."

Spirograph  companion to the cycloid  

rounded  

epicycloid  hypocycloid  

cycloidal  cycloidal arch  cycloidal engine  

accumulate  appointive  child  degree  dermatological  

circular