Geom. [a. F. cyclide, f. CYCLE.] The envelope of a sphere whose centre moves on a fixed quadric, and which cuts a fixed sphere orthogonally (Salmon).
1874. Salmon, Analyt. Geom. Three Dim., 496.
1881. H. Hart, in Athenæum, 23 April, 563/2. On the Five Focal Quadrics of a Cyclide.