EPICYCLOID

epicycloid

(noun) a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

epicycloid (plural epicycloids)

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

Source: Wiktionary

Ep`i*cy"cloid, n. Etym: [Epicycle + -oid: cf. F. épicycloïde.] (Geom.)

Definition: A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.

Note: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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