epicycle

/ˌɛpəˈsaɪkəl/
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Other forms: epicycles

Definitions of epicycle
  1. noun
    a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
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    type of:
    circle
    ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
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