geometry
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- motion of objects
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- A branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, and solids, noted for the principle that bodies gliding along a cycloid descend in the same time.
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- properties of shapes
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- I was first indirectly struck by the remarkable fact, that in geometry all bodies gliding along the cycloid, my soapstone for example, will descend from any point in precisely the same time.
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- 2026-03-02T00:08:16.516Z
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