n. [ Cyclo- + -oid: cf. F. cycloïde. ] (Geom.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The common cycloid is the curve described when the generating point (p) is on the circumference of the generating circle; the curtate cycloid, when that point lies without the circumference; the prolate or inflected cycloid, when the generating point (p) lies within that circumference. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + -oid. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]
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