Line Roulette (Noun)
Meaning
A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure.
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The mathematician studied the properties of the line roulette generated by a point on a circle rolling around a fixed point.
- In geometry, a line roulette is created when a point on one shape, such as an ellipse, rolls around a second shape, like a parabola.
- The engineer analyzed the motion of the line roulette formed by a point on a wheel as it rotated around a central axis.
- The artist used a line roulette to create a series of intricate patterns by rolling a point on a cylinder around a sphere.
- The mathematician derived the equation of the line roulette generated by a point on a parabola rolling around a straight line.