hypotrochoid
English
WOTD – 6 December 2008
![](Images/wiktionary/HypotrochoidOutThreeFifths.gif)
The red curve is a hypotrochoid.
Etymology
hypo- + trochoid
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.pə(ʊ)ˈtɹəʊ.kɔɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.poʊˈtɹoʊ.kɔɪd/, /ˌhaɪ.pəˈtɹoʊ.kɔɪd/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
hypotrochoid (plural hypotrochoids)
- (geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates inside the perimeter of another circle.
Derived terms
- hypotrochoidal
Translations
geometric curve
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See also
hypotrochoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- epitrochoid
- cycloid
- epicycloid
- hypocycloid
- spirograph