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Meaning of tautochrone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A curve, such that a weighted body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it begins to fall.

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Examples

“An inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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