Hypertext Webster Gateway: "epicyclic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Epicyclic \Ep`i*cyc"lic\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
epicyclic
adj : of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train" [syn:
{epicyclical}]
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