epicycle (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *epicycle*:
NOUN	shape	epicycle	a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle

English > *epicycle*: 1 sense > noun 1, shape
Meaning	A circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid.
Broader	circle	ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length
Spanish	epiciclo
Catalan	epicicle
Adjectives	epicyclic, epicyclical	of or relating to an epicycle

HyperDic: epicycle