Math. [f. Gr. κύκλος circle + ὁδός path.] A name introduced by Prof. Sylvester, 1869, for the involute of any order to a circle. See INVOLUTE.
1869. Sylvester, in Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., II. 137–160. A Cyclode is the continued [nth] involute of a circle.
