Definition of "epicyclic" []

• Of, or relating to epicycles (adjective)

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• "The first patent for a compact epicyclic hub gear was granted in 1895 to the American machinist Seward Thomas Johnson of Noblesville, Indiana, U.S.A."
• "Our epicyclic solution is to augment statutory law with administrative law."
• "Three centuries later, the astronomer Ptolemy build on his work to form the epicyclic model."