What does "epicycloid" mean?

The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.

What is a synonym for "epicycloid"?

Common synonyms include: curve, geometric curve, parametric form, parametric representation.

noun

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Noun

1
The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.
2
a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle wordnet

From epi- (“above or outside”) + cycloid.