English Explanatory Dictionary

epicyclic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to epicycles.
  2. Of a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-epicyclic.wav

Word forms

epicyclic

Etymology

From epicycle + -ic.

Derived words

epicyclic gear
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