"epicyclic" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From 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 Translations (of or relating to epicycles): far-chiarkylagh (Manx)
    Sense id: en-epicyclic-en-adj-lQw4vx7H Disambiguation of 'of or relating to epicycles': 95 5
  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 Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-epicyclic-en-adj-yUwXO~9G Disambiguation of Astronomy: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Manx translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: epicyclic gear
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