Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epicycloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epicy-cloid
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- English cycloid English epicycloid From epi- (“above or outside”) + cycloid.

Inflected Forms

epicycloids (plural)

Derived Forms

epicycloidal

Frequently Paired Words

cycloid epicycle roulette Spirograph

Synonyms

hypocycloid

Questions

What does epicycloid mean?: The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.
Where does epicycloid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- English cycloid English epicycloid From epi- (“above or outside”) + cycloid.

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