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Meaning of EPICYCLIC

Pronunciation:  `epi'sIklik

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 Definition: [adj]  of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train"
 
 Synonyms: epicyclical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 

 

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