Englisch-Lettisch Übersetzung für epicycle
Definition für epicycle
- A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth
- Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid
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