Bible Dictionaries
Cycloid

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.

(2):

(n.) One of the Cycloidei.

(3):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cycloid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cycloid.html. 1828.