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Webster 1913 Edition


epicyclical

epˊi-cyc′lic

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epˊi-cyc′lic-al

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Adj.
Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.
Epicyclic train
(Mach.)
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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.

Definition 2024


epicyclical

epicyclical

English

Adjective

epicyclical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to an epicycle.
    • 2015, Uzziel Perez, Angeleene S. Ang, Quirino M. Sugon Jr., Daniel J. McNamara, Akimasa Yoshikawa, “Lorentz Dispersion Law from classical Hydrogen electron orbits in AC electric field via geometric algebra”, in arXiv:
      We showed that at different perturbing frequencies, the angular momentum vector traces epicyclical patterns..