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  • Name
  • Strict definition
  • Equations
  • Parametric
  • Proof of the parametric representation
  • Implicit
  • Proof of the implicit representation
  • Orientation
  • Metric properties
  • Construction
  • Nephroid as envelope of a pencil of circles
  • Proof
  • Nephroid as envelope of a pencil of lines
  • Proof
  • Nephroid as caustic of one half of a circle {{anchor|Caustic}}
  • Proof
  • The evolute and involute of a nephroid
  • Evolute
  • Proof
  • Involute
  • Inversion of a nephroid
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Nephroid: definition

In geometry, a nephroid () is a specific plane curve. It is a type of epicycloid in which the smaller circle's radius differs from the larger one by a factor of one-half.

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