LINE ROULETTE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure

Synonyms:

line roulette; roulette

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("line roulette" is a kind of...):

curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "line roulette"):

cycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line)

epicycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle)

hypocycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle)