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[syn: epicyclic, epicyclical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
epicyclic \ep`i*cyc"lic\, epicyclical \ep`i*cyc"lic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an
epicycle.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
epicyclic
adj 1: of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train"
[syn: epicyclic, epicyclical]