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Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.

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  1. a. Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.
  2. Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties. 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.
  3. Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.Epicycloidal wheel, a device for producing straight-line motion fromcircular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in theperiphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when thewheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice itsdiameter.
  4. a. Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.