Hy`po*tro"choid (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + trochoid.] Geom.
A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
© Webster 1913.
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