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What does hypocycloid mean?

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Noun
  1. (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.
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It was also investigated by Steiner in 1856 and is sometimes called Steiner's hypocycloid.
An astroid is a specialized case of the general hypocycloid family of curves.
The present invention relates to a hypocycloid gear assembly used in internal combustion engines.
The piece is based on a set of parametric equations that create a deltoid, a type of hypocycloid which looks like a triangle with concave sides.
With this cinematic solution the tip of the tool describes a hypocycloid curve.
If the describing circle is half the diameter of the pitch circle, the hypocycloid is a radial straight line.

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