एक सर्कल जो चारों ओर घूमता है (अंदर या बाहर

Noun:

जिसका केन्द्र बड़े वृत्त की परिधि पर हो, छोटा वृत्त, अधिचक्र, परिधि,

epicycle's Usage Examples:

EPICYCLE (Gr.

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In astronomy, the term is used in connexion with the Ptolemaic theory to denote the angular distance on the epicycle of a planet from the true apogee of the epicycle; and the "equation to the argument" is the angle subtended at the earth by the distance of a planet from the centre of the epicycle.

epicycle theory the Earth is in the center of a circle which has smaller circles rotating round its circumference.

deferens, bearing down), in ancient astronomy, the mean orbit of a planet, which carried the epicycle in which the planet revolved.

epicycle's Meaning':

a circle that rolls around (inside or outside

Synonyms:

circle,

Antonyms:

stay in place,