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Noun: epicycle  'e-pi`sI-kul
  1. A circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid

Derived forms: epicycles

See also: epicyclic

Type of: circle

Encyclopedia: Epicycle

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