Category:Definitions/Epicycles

This category contains definitions related to Epicycles.
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• Ptolemaic astronomy:
  • Epicycle: the orbit described by a body moving in a uniform circular motion around a point which is itself moving in a uniform circular motion around another point

• Analytic geometry:
  • Epicycle: the moving circle which rolls without slipping along a static curve such that a designated point on that epicycle generates a roulette.
    • Epicycle of Epicycloid
    • Epicycle of Hypocycloid