trochoid

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8

Definition of trochoid

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line
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noun

  1. The curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line
  2. An organism or fossil with a trochoid shell (especially one in the gastropod family Trochidae), or the shell itself.

adj

  1. Capable of rolling.
  2. Allowing rotation.
  3. High-spired; conical.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροχοειδής (trokhoeidḗs), from τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”).

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