TROCHOID


Meaning of TROCHOID in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. Anat. rotating on its own axis.

2 Geom. (of a curve) traced by a point on a radius of a circle rotating along a straight line or another circle.

--n. a trochoid joint or curve.

Derivatives:

trochoidal adj.

Etymology: Gk trokhoeides wheel-like f. trokhos wheel

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.