epicyclical

epicyclical
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]


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