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Definition of Epicyclical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to an epicycle. "Epicyclic gear train"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicyclical
Literary usage of Epicyclical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1859)
"The epicyclical Hypothesis was found capable of accommodating itself to such new
discoveries. These new inequalities could be represented by new ..."
2. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"The epicyclical Hypothesis was found capable of accommodating itself to such new
discoveries. These new inequalities could be represented by new ..."
3. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"It is needless to say any more of this epicyclical doctrine and machinery. 135.
But the other mode of conceiving the planetary motions, while it equally ..."
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