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hypocycloid

Syllabification: (hy·po·cy·cloid)
Definition of hypocycloid

noun

Mathematics
  • the curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that is rolling on the interior of another circle.

Derivatives

hypocycloidal

adjective

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