The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Epicycloidal \Ep`i*cy*cloid"al\, a.
   Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.
   [1913 Webster]

   Epicycloidal wheel, a device for producing straight-line
      motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin
      fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a
      straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed
      internal gear of twice its diameter.
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