Cycloid

What do we mean by cycloid?

Resembling a circle. adjective

Relating to or being a kind of fish scale that is thin, rounded, and smooth-edged and often shows concentric growth rings. adjective

Having cycloid scales. adjective

Afflicted with or relating to cyclothymia. adjective

The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls on a straight line. noun

Resembling a circle; having a circular form.

Specifically In ichthyology: More or less circular, with concentric striations: applied to the scales of certain fishes. See cut under scale.

Having somewhat circular scales, as a fish; specifically, pertaining to the Cycloidei.

A curve generated by a point in the circumference or on a radius of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line and kept always in the same plane. noun

In ichthyology, a cycloid fish; a fish with cycloid scales, or one of the Cycloidei. noun

In chem., containing a cycle or ring of atoms: used especially of the structure of organic compounds.

One of the Cycloidei. noun

Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei. adjective

A fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin. adjective

A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane. noun

The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line. noun

A fish having cycloid scales. noun

Resembling a circle; cycloidal. adjective

(of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges. adjective

The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.

A fish having cycloid scales.

Words that are spelled similarly to cycloid:
cycloid.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word cycloid:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe cycloid:
common, inverted, prolate, smooth, equal, curtate, rough, complete, whole, true, simple, ordinary, vertical, original, scaled, lower, blind, corresponding, normal, elongated, upper, correct.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective cycloid:
scales, psychoses, psychosis, scale, curve, personality, type, tube, temperament, curves, types, motion, path, tendency, disposition, personalities, patients, fishes, temperaments, tendencies, pattern, disorder, weave, model, character, fig, psychotics, individual, arcs, pudding, small, alternation, family, epicycloid, patterns, disorders, grid, qrs, moderate, vaults, phenomenon, individuals, trajectory, arc, aqc, shape, viz, track, show, minute, psychopathy, abc, circumference, typhoid, radius, diameter, swings, parallel, cams, pendulum, cor, deviates, paused, plane.

Consonant match to cycloid:
seclude, cichlid, suckled, cyclide, sickled, sicklied, see claude.

Words that sound like cycloid:
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