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EPICYCLICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epicyclical mean?
• EPICYCLICAL (adjective)
The adjective EPICYCLICAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to an epicycle
Familiarity information: EPICYCLICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to an epicycle
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
epicyclic; epicyclical
Context example:
epicyclic gear train
Pertainym:
epicycle (a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid)
Derivation:
epicycle (a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid)
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