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Showing words for EPICYCLE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Epicycle

epicycle

6 Letter Words for Epicycle

cicely, clypei, epicly, pyelic

5 Letter Words for Epicycle

cecil, ceile, cleep, clepe, clipe, clype, cycle, lycee, piccy, piece, pylic, yipee

4 Letter Words for Epicycle

ceil, cele, cepe, ciel, clee, clep, clip, cycl, ecce, eccl, eely, elec, epic, epil, leep, lice, lipe, peel, pele, pice, pile, pily, plie, pyic, ycie, yeel, yelp, yipe

3 Letter Words for Epicycle

cee, cel, cep, cie, cli, cly, cpi, cpl, cyc, cyl, cyp, ecc, eec, eel, eli, epi, eye, eyl, ice, icy, ile, ipl, lee, lei, lep, ley, lie, lip, lyc, lye, pci, pec, pee, pel, pic, pie, pil, pli, ply, pye, yee, yep, yip

Definitions for Epicycle

[1] Astronomy . a small circle the center of which moves around in the circumference of a larger circle: used in Ptolemaic astronomy to account for observed periodic irregularities in planetary motions.
[2] Mathematics . a circle that rolls, externally or internally, without slipping, on another circle, generating an epicycloid or hypocycloid.
[3] astronomy (in the Ptolemaic system) a small circle, around which a planet was thought to revolve, whose centre describes a larger circle (the deferent ) centred on the earth
[4] a circle that rolls around the inside or outside of another circle, so generating an epicycloid or hypocycloid

Words nearby Epicycle

epicure, epicurean, epicureanism, epicurus, epicuticle, epicycle, epicyclic train, epicycloid, epicycloidal gear, epicycloidal wheel, epicystitis

Origin of Epicycle

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin epicyclus < Greek epíkyklos. See epi-, cycle

Other words from Epicycle

ep·i·cy·clic [ep-uh -sahy -klik, -sik -lik] /ˌɛp əˈsaɪ klɪk, -ˈsɪk lɪk/ , adjective

Word origin for Epicycle

C14: from Late Latin epicyclus, from Greek epikuklos; see epi- , cycle