What's the difference between epicycloid and epitrochoid?

Epicycloid


Definition:

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

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Therefore, the paths of the individual mandibular points are epicycloids or hypocycloids.

Epitrochoid


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.

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