cissoid

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noun

Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of a point, P, on a line from a given fixed point and intersecting two given curves, C₁ and C₂, where the distance along the line from C₁ to P remains constant and equal to the distance from P to C₂.

“The cissoid of a circle and a line is a conchoid”

Scrabble 10

Meanings

cissoid1

nouncissoid (plural cissoids)

plural cissoids

  1. geometryAny of a family of curves defined as the locus of a point, P, on a line from a given fixed point and intersecting two given curves, C₁ and C₂, where the distance along the line from C₁ to P remains constant and equal to the distance from P to C₂.

    The cissoid of a circle and a line is a conchoid

cissoid2

nouncissoid (plural cissoids)

plural cissoids

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cisoid (“4chan slang, derogatory: cisgender person”).

    I feel very similar, I don’t ever see myself with a cissoid and I think there is something beautiful about t4t, and every day I am st4t is this truth reinforced. And I always love fellow bisexuals :}

    2025 August 29, anonymous author, “bi trans men in the sense of strictly t4t?”, in 4chan, /lgbt/

Origin

cissoid · noun

  1. Ancient Greekκισσός“ivy”
  2. Englishcissoid

From Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós, “ivy”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”).

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Translations

Czech kisoida
  • kisoidacissoid
French cissoïde
  • cissoïdecissoid
German Zissoide
  • Zissoidecissoid
Polish cisoida
  • cisoidacissoid
Cite this entry
APA

cissoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissoid

MLA

“cissoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cissoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissoid.

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