epicykl

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpɪt͡sɪkl̩]

epicykl m inan

1. epicycle (a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle)

• See cyklus

• “epicykl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Learned borrowing from Latin epicyclus.

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈpi.t͡sɘkl/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sɘkl
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧cykl

epicykl m inan

1. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) epicycle (small circle whose center is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy, it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth)

   Coordinate terms: deferens, deferent

2. (geometry) epicycle (any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid)

• epicykl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• epicykl in PWN's encyclopedia