Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypocycloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hypocy-cloid
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of epicycloid.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English cycloid English hypocycloid From hypo- (“below or inside”) + cycloid.

Inflected Forms

hypocycloids (plural)

Derived Forms

hypocycloidal

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

epicycloid

Questions

What does hypocycloid mean?: Synonym of epicycloid.
Where does hypocycloid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English cycloid English hypocycloid From hypo- (“below or inside”) + cycloid.

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