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Webster 1913 Edition
Epicycloidal
Epˊi-cy-cloid′al
,Adj.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Epicycloidal
EPICYCLOID'AL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
epicycloidal
epicycloidal
English
Adjective
epicycloidal (comparative more epicycloidal, superlative most epicycloidal)
- Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.