Cycloid
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cycloid-231-2050058
title:
Cycloid
text:
In geometry, a cycloid is the curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line without slipping. A cycloid is a specific form of trochoid and is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve. The cycloid, with the cusps pointing upward, is the curve of fastest descent under uniform gravity. It is also the form of a curve for which the period of an object in simple harmonic motion along the curve does not depend on the object's starting posit
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Curve traced by a point on a rolling circle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloid
date created:
2002-02-26T00:04:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T19:27:56Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Cycloid_f.gif","width":400,"height":200}
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13
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