Definition of Brachystochrone
Bra`chys´to`chrone
n.
1.
(Math.)
A
curve
,
in
which
a
body
,
starting
from
a
given
point
,
and
descending
solely
by
the
force
of
gravity
,
will
reach
another
given
point
in
a
shorter
time
than
it
could
by
any
other
path
.
This
curve of quickest descent
,
as
it
is
sometimes
called
,
is
,
in
a
vacuum
,
the
same
as
the
cycloid
.
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Brachioganoidei
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Brachiopoda
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Brachydiagonal axis
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Brachygraphy
Brachylogy
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Brachyptera
Brachypteres
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brachytactyly
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