Found 2 items, similar to epicyclic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: epicyclic
epicyclic
adj : of or relating to an epicycle;
“epicyclic gear train” [syn:
epicyclical]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: epicyclic
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]