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Word: Epicycle
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, or via late Latin from Greek epikuklos, from epi ‘upon’ + kuklos ‘circle’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛpɪˌsʌɪkl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small circle whose centre moves round the circumference of a larger one.
Short Definition:small circle whose centre moves round circumference of larger one
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