a. Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis, Syn.epicyclic train, epicyclic gear train
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
epicyclic \ep`i*cyc"lic\, epicyclical \ep`i*cyc"lic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an
epicycle.
[1913 Webster]
{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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epicyclic
adj 1: of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train"
[syn: {epicyclic}, {epicyclical}]
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