epicycle

Meaning of epicycle

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid.
  3. A ring of atoms joining parts of an already cyclic compound

Information about epicycle

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of epicycle is: epicycles.
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Hyphenation of epicycle

epicy-cle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • epicycle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with epicycle

Exercycle, anisocycle, autocycle, bicycle, biocycle, carbocycle, cycle, dicycle, endocycle, exercycle, gigacycle, hemicycle, heptacycle, heterocycle, homocycle, hydrocycle, hypercycle, kilocycle, kilomegacycle, macrocycle, macrotricycle, megacycle, metallocycle, microcycle, monocycle, motocycle, motorbicycle, motorcycle, multicycle, ontocycle, oricycle, oxatricycle, oxopalladacycle, pentacycle, pericycle, quadricycle, recycle, spirocycle, subcycle, supercycle, tetracycle, tricycle, unicycle, watercycle, lifecycle, calycle

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