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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cy•cloid (sī′kloid),USA pronunciation adj. - resembling a circle;
circular. - Fish(of the scale of a fish) smooth-edged, more or less circular in form, and having concentric striations.
- (of a fish) having such scales.
- Psychiatryof or noting a personality type characterized by wide fluctuation in mood within the normal range.
n. - Fisha cycloid fish.
- Mathematics[Geom.]a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls, without slipping, on a straight line.
- Greek kykloeidé̄s like a circle. See cycl-, -oid
- 1655–65
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