Cycloid

Definitions

1. The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
2. A fish having cycloid scales.

Equivalents

Examples

“In the firſt Courſe there was a Shoulder of Mutton, cut⟳ into an Æquilateral Triangle, a Piece of Beef into a Rhomboides, and a Pudding into a Cycloid.”

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