"epicyclic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: epicycle + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|epicycle|ic}} epicycle + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} epicyclic (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to epicycles. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (of or relating to epicycles): far-chiarkylagh (Manx)
    Sense id: en-epicyclic-en-adj-lQw4vx7H Disambiguation of Astronomy: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to epicycles': 100 0
  2. Of a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-epicyclic-en-adj-yUwXO~9G
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: epicyclic gear

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