epicycle

epicycle is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.
2. noun. A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.
3. noun. a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid

Common word forms

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