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Webster 1913 Edition


Epicycloidal

Epˊi-cy-cloid′al

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Adj.
Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.
Epicycloidal wheel
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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.
Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.

Definition 2024


epicycloidal

epicycloidal

English

Adjective

epicycloidal (comparative more epicycloidal, superlative most epicycloidal)

  1. Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.

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