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epicyclic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epicyclic \Ep`i*cyc"lic\, a. Pertaining to resembling, or having the motion of an epicycle. {Epicyclic train} (Mach.), a train of mechanism in which epicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevel wheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of the wheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the other wheels. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epicyclic adj : of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train" [syn: {epicyclical}]
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