Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epicyclic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: epicyclic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to epicycles.

adj

Of a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other.

Example Sentences

"Power is derived from a British United Traction Limited "A"-type 150-h.p. six-cylinder horizontal diesel engine; this drives through a fluid flywheel, and thence through a free wheel unit to a four-speed epicyclic gearbox."
"The gearbox is of the self-changing compound epicyclic SE.4 type, with Sinclair fluid coupling, having a maximum torque of 750 lb./ft."

Etymology

Etymology tree English epicycle Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epicyclic From epicycle + -ic.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Astronomy.

Phrases

epicyclic gear

Synonyms

epicyclical

Questions

What does epicyclic mean?: Of or relating to epicycles.
Where does epicyclic come from?: Etymology tree English epicycle Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epicyclic From epicycle + -ic.

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