Circloid

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A variant of a cycloid being the locus of a point on a circle that rolls around another circle

    "Our second result shows that if the continuum K is minimal with the property of being annular (what we call a circloid), then every rational number between the extrema of the rotation set in K is realized by a periodic orbit in K."

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"Our second result shows that if the continuum K is minimal with the property of being annular (what we call a circloid), then every rational number between the extrema of the rotation set in K is realized by a periodic orbit in K."

Etymology

Blend of circle + cycloid.

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