ep·i·cyc·lic, ep·i·cyc·lic·al a. Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.
Epicyclic train Mach., a train of mechanism in which epicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevel wheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of the wheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the other wheels.
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epicyclical
adj : of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train" [syn:
epicyclic]