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"Cycloid" Definition

noun

Mathematics The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls on a straight line.
Zoology A fish having cycloid scales.
A curve that is generated by a point on the circumference of a circle as it rolls along a straight line.

adjective

Psychiatry Afflicted with or relating to cyclothymia.
Resembling a circle.
Zoology Having or composed of such scales.
Zoology Thin, rounded, and smooth-edged; disklike. Used of fish scales.
Smooth with concentric lines of growth .

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