HYPOCYCLOID
hypocycloid
(noun) a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypocycloid (plural hypocycloids)
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`po*cy"cloid, n. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + cycloid: cf. F.
hypocycloĂŻde.] (Geom.)
Definition: A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle
which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid,
and Trochoid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition