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Keywords: Circumference, Convex, Circle, Mdash, Traced

Related Terms: Angle, Arc, Chord , Circle, Circular, Circumference, Concentric, Cusp, Cycloid, Cylinder, Diameter, Directrix, Ellipse, Envelope, Geodesic, Hyperbola, Involute, Parabola , Radian, Radius, Radius Vector, Ring, Secant, Sector, Semicircle, Sphere, Spiral, Tangent, Torus, Radius Of Curvature, Great Circle Route, Reverse Curve, Major Arc, Bezier Curve, Fixed Point, Spline, Control Points, Spherical Triangle, Turning Circle, Concentric Circles, Kreisel, Saddle Point, Tangent Plane, Center Circle, Curve, Conic Section, Chord Of A Circle, Sector Of A Circle, Tangent To A Circle, Cep

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A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.

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A curve generated by the motion of a point on the circumference of circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.

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a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle

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a path generated by a circle on a circle, which is how this tooth profile is produced

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In geometry, an epicycloid is a plane curve produced by tracing the path of a chosen point of a circle — called epicycle — which rolls around without slipping around a fixed circle. It is a particular kind of roulette.

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