Part 2708

<hw>Cy"cloid</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.</def>

<cs><col>Cycloid scale</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cycloid</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"cloid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Cycloidei.</def>

<h1>Cycloidal</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*cloid"al</hw> <tt>(-<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; <as>as, the <ex>cycloidal</ex> space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Cycloidal engine</col>. <cd>See <er>Geometric lathe</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cycloidei</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*cloi"de*i</hw> <tt>(s?-kloi"d?-?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ circle + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.</def>

<h1>Cycloidian</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*cloid"i*an</hw> <tt>(s?-kloid"?-<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as 2d and 3d <er>Cycloid</er>.</def>

<h1>Cyclometer</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*clom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(s?-kl?m"?-t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyclo-</ets> + -meter.]</ety> <def>A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.</def>

<h1>Cyclometry</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*clom"e*try</hw> <tt>(-tr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyclo-</ets> + <ets>-metry</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cyclom<?/trie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The art of measuring circles.</def>

<h1>Cyclone</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"clone</hw> <tt>(s?"kl?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ moving in a circle, p. pr. of <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ circle.]</ety> <fld>(Meteor.)</fld> <def>A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.</def>

<note>&hand; The atmospheric disturbance usually accompanying a cyclone, marked by an onward moving area of high pressure, is called an <i>anticyclone</i>.</note>

<h1>Cyclonic</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*clon"ic</hw> <tt>(s?-kl?n"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a cyclone.</def>

<h1>Cyclop</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"clop</hw> <tt>(s?"kl?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See Note under <er>Cyclops</er>, 1.</def>

<h1>Cyclopean</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy`clo*pe"an</hw> <tt>(s?`kl?-p?"<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Cyclopeus</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ Cyclops: cf. F. <ets>cyclopeen</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; <as>as, <ex>Cyclopean</ex> labors; <ex>Cyclopean</ex> architecture.</as></def>

<h1>Cyclopedia Cyclop\'91dia</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw><hw>Cy`clo*pe"di*a</hw> <hw>Cy`clo*p\'91"di*a</hw><hw> <tt>(s?`kl?-p?"d?-?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>ky`klos</grk> circle + <grk>paidei`a</grk> the bringing up of a child, education, erudition, fr. <grk>paidey`ein</grk> to bring up a child. See <er>Cycle</er>, and cf. <er>Encyclopedia</er>, <er>Pedagogue</er>.]</ety> <def>The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; <as>as, a <ex>cyclopedia</ex> of the physical sciences, or of mechanics</as>. See <er>Encyclopedia</er>.</def>

<h1>Cyclopedic</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy`clo*ped"ic</hw> <tt>(s?`kl?-p?d"?k &or; -p?"d?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; <as>as, a man of <ex>cyclopedic</ex> knowledge</as>.</def>