epicyclic

1. 1.

   of or relating to an epicycle

   “epicyclic gear train”

   Synonymsepicyclical

Questions about epicyclic

What does epicyclic mean?

epicyclic means "of or relating to an epicycle".

How many syllables are in epicyclic?

epicyclic has 4 syllables: e-pi-cy-clic. The stress falls on "cy".

What is another word for epicyclic?

Close synonyms include epicyclical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epicyclic a common word?

epicyclic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.