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cycloid

Summary

cycloid ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,008 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cycloid is a type of trochoid[2].
  • cycloid is a type of Ribaucour curve[3].
  • cycloid is a type of cycloidal curve[4].
  • cycloid's Commons category is recorded as Cycloid[5].
  • cycloid's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • cycloid's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • cycloid's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include trochoid[2], Ribaucour curve[3], and cycloidal curve[4].

Why It Matters

cycloid ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,008 views/month).[1] cycloid has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] cycloid is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cycloid. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cycloid
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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538314405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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