英语词汇“epicyclic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

epicyclic

释义

epicycle /epˈi-sī-kl/

noun

Esp in Ptolemaic astronomy, a circle whose centre is carried round the circumference of another circle
The circle on whose circumference is the point which describes an epicycloid

ORIGIN: Gr epi upon, and kyklos a circle

epicyˈclic adjective

epicyˈcloid noun

The curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling round the outside of the circumference of another circle

epicycloiˈdal adjective

epicyclic gear noun

A system of gears consisting of one or more wheels travelling round the outside or inside of another wheel whose axis is fixed

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