cy·cloid /ˈsaɪˌklɔɪd/
  擺線,輪轉線(a.)圓形的,循環性格的
  cy·cloid /ˈsaɪˌklɔɪd/ 名詞
  環狀的,圓形的,圓滾線
  Cy·cloid n.  Geom. A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane.
  Note: ☞ The common cycloid is the curve described when the generating point (p) is on the circumference of the generating circle; the curtate cycloid, when that point lies without the circumference; the prolate or inflected cycloid, when the generating point (p) lies within that circumference.
  Cy·cloid, a. Zool. Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.
  Cycloid scale Zool., a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.
  Cy·cloid, n. Zool. One of the Cycloidei.
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  cycloid
       adj : resembling a circle [syn: cycloidal]
       n : a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a
           straight line