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单词 epitrochoid
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epitrochoid

[ ep-i-troh-koid ]
/ ˌɛp ɪˈtroʊ kɔɪd /

Geometry.

a plane curve generated by the motion of a fixed point on the radius or extension of the radius of a circle that rolls externally, without slipping, on a fixed circle. The epitrochoid is a generalization of the epicycloid.

Origin of epitrochoid

First recorded in 1835–45; epi- + trochoid

Words nearby epitrochoid

epitomist, epitomize, epitope, epitrachelion, epitrichium, epitrochoid, epitympanic, epitympanum, Epivir, epixylous, epizeuxis
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Example sentences from the Web for epitrochoid

  • The curve may be regarded as an epitrochoid (see Epicycloid) in which the rolling and fixed circles have equal radii.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various
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