Circloid
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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