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epicyclic

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  1. 1. a. Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. of or relating to an epicycle Source: wordnet
  3. 3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, anepicycle. Epicyclic train (Mach.), a train of mechanism in whichepicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevelwheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of thewheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the otherwheels. Source: adambom
  5. 5. a of or relating to an epicycle Source: ecdict

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