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cyclic curve
noun
Definition of cyclic curve
1a : the intersection of a sphere and a quadric surface —called also spherical cyclic curve b : the stereographic projection of such an intersection —called also plane cyclic curve
2 : a curve (as a cycloid or epicycloid) generated by any point on a circular disk as it rolls along a given curve
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