Definition of Epicycle in English :

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Epicycle meaning in English

Meaning of Epicycle in English

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Epicycle pronunciation in English

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Epicycle

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Noun

1. epicycle

a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid

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Epicycle

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noun
1. astronomy
(in the Ptolemaic system) a small circle, around which a planet was thought to revolve, whose centre describes a larger circle (the deferent) centred on the earth
2. 
a circle that rolls around the inside or outside of another circle, so generating an epicycloid or hypocycloid

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Epicycle

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noun
1. 
a circle whose center moves along the circumference of another, larger circle
term used to describe planetary motions in the Ptolemaic system
2.  Geometry
a circle which generates a hypocycloid or epicycloid by rolling around the circumference of a fixed circle

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Epicycle

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n.
1. In Ptolemaic cosmology, a small circle, the center of which moves on the circumference of a larger circle at whose center is the earth and the circumference of which describes the orbit of one of the planets around the earth.
2. Mathematics A circle whose circumference rolls along the circumference of a fixed circle, thereby generating an epicycloid or a hypocycloid.

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