epicyclical

1. 1.

   of or relating to an epicycle

   “epicyclic gear train”

   Synonymsepicyclic

Questions about epicyclical

What does epicyclical mean?

epicyclical means "of or relating to an epicycle".

How many syllables are in epicyclical?

epicyclical has 5 syllables and divides as e-pi-cy-cli-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for epicyclical?

Close synonyms include epicyclic. 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 epicyclical a common word?

epicyclical 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.