epicycle

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From Latin epicyclus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκυκλος (epíkuklos), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”). The ad hoc complication sense is a generalization from the archetype supplied by the Ptolemaic astronomy sense.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَلَك التَّدوِير — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Bulgarian: епицикъл (epicikǎl) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Bulgarian: епицикълът (epicikǎlǎt) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Catalan: epicicle — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Chinese Mandarin: 本輪 /本轮 (běnlún) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Czech: epicykl — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Danish: epicykel — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Dutch: epicykels — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Finnish: episykli — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• French: épicycle — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• German: Epizykel — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίκυκλος (epíkuklos) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Hebrew: אפיציקל — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Icelandic: aukahringur — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Icelandic: hjáhringur — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Ido: epiciklo — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Italian: epiciclo — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Japanese: 周転円 — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Kabuverdianu: episiklu — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Kabuverdianu: epiciclo — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Latin: epicyclus — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Malayalam: അധിചക്രം (adhicakraṁ) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Manx: far-chiarkyl — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Norwegian: episyklus — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Persian: تدویر (tadvir) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Persian: فلک تدویر (falak-e tadvir) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Polish: epicykl — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Portuguese: epiciclo — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Russian: эпицикл (epicikl) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Sanskrit: वृत्त (vṛtta) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Sanskrit: नीचोच्चवृत्त (nīcoccavṛtta) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Slovak: epicyklus — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Spanish: epiciclo — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Swedish: epicykel — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Tamil: எபி வட்டம் (epi vaṭṭam) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Ukrainian: епіцикл (epicykl) — a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
• Finnish: episykli — any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle
• Manx: far-chiarkyl — any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle
• Polish: epicykl — any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle