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cycloid [′sī‚klȯid] (mathematics) The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle as the circle rolls along a straight line. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was in the left hand try-pot of the Pequod, with the soapstone diligently circling round me, that I was first indirectly struck by the remarkable fact, that in geometry all bodies gliding along the cycloid, my soapstone for example, will descend from any point in precisely the same time. In the first course, there was a shoulder of mutton cut into an equilateral triangle, a piece of beef into a rhomboides, and a pudding into a cycloid. In brief - distinct grounds, and vivid circular or cycloid figures, of no meaning, are here Median laws. |
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