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Cycloid

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.

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Rounded 84% connected

of Round

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Rounded 84% connected

of Round

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Roulette 76% connected

A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cycloidal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cycloidal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cycloidal 92% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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