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Trochoid   Listen
adjective
Trochoid  adj.  
1.
(Anat.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.
2.
(Zool.) Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; said of certain shells.
3.
(Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family Trochidae.





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"Trochoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... TROCHOID, OR CYCLOID. A geometrical curve, resulting from a circle being made to run along a right line, whence the French designate it roulette. But if a circle be made to roll along the circumference of another circle, it becomes ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth


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