"cycloid" meaning in English

See cycloid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsaɪklɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cycloid.wav
Etymology: From cyclo- + -oid. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|cyclo|oid}} cyclo- + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cycloid (not comparable)
  1. Resembling a circle; cycloidal. Tags: not-comparable Translations (resembling a circle): cycloïdal (French), κυκλοειδής (kykloeidís) (Greek), cioglóideach (Irish), ciorclóideach (Irish), cicloide (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cycloid-en-adj--8pieWEI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyclo-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 17 25 8 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyclo-: 17 21 19 21 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 24 20 19 9 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 18 25 5 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 18 22 2 31 Disambiguation of 'resembling a circle': 100 0 0
  2. (zoology, of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (fish scales: thin and rounded): cycloïde (French)
    Sense id: en-cycloid-en-adj-yuz2l0Gk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyclo-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 17 25 8 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyclo-: 17 21 19 21 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 24 20 19 9 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 18 25 5 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 18 22 2 31 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'fish scales: thin and rounded': 17 61 21
  3. (psychoanalysis) characterized by alternating high and low moods. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-cycloid-en-adj-4K8qvByi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyclo-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 17 25 8 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyclo-: 17 21 19 21 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 24 20 19 9 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 18 25 5 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 18 22 2 31 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cycloidal, cycloidal arch, cycloidal engine Related terms: epicycloid, hypocycloid, Spirograph™

Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪklɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cycloid.wav Forms: cycloids [plural]
Etymology: From cyclo- + -oid. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|cyclo|oid}} cyclo- + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} cycloid (plural cycloids)
  1. (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line. Categories (topical): Curves, Geometry Translations (geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle): cicloide [feminine] (Catalan), cykloida [feminine] (Czech), cycloïde [feminine] (Dutch), cikloido (Esperanto), cycloïde [feminine] (French), Zykloide [feminine] (German), Radlaufkurve [feminine] (German), κυκλοειδής (kykloeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), ciklois (Hungarian), cioglóideach [masculine] (Irish), ciorclóideach [masculine] (Irish), cicloide [feminine] (Italian), cicloïde [feminine] (Occitan), cykloida [feminine] (Polish), cicloide [feminine] (Portuguese), cicloidă [feminine] (Romanian), цикло́ида (ciklóida) [feminine] (Russian), циклои́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cikloída [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cicloide [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cycloid-en-noun-F-yWCtQz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with cyclo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyclo-: 17 21 19 21 23 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'geometry: locus of a point on the circumference of a rolling circle': 94 6
  2. (zoology) A fish having cycloid scales. Categories (topical): Zoology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circloid

Inflected forms

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