epicycle in English

noun
1
a small circle whose center moves around the circumference of a larger one.
The historically older concept of epicycles (small cycles on a bigger cycle) has not found use in the geological literature.

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1. However, the epicycle theory could never be formally disproved.

2. More accurate measurements showed that a single epicycle per planet was not enough.

3. Moreover, the Villa epicycle twice a door open continues to lead the shooter announcement.

4. The epicycle from now on, the Asian peaceful place will drop one, the position row seventh.

5. The second chapter the reason which expired to the epicycle real estate regulation the inquisition.

6. The carbon cycle has thus acquired another epicycle, and become even more complicated to understand than it was.

7. Ptolemy was much more ambitious in his use of the epicycle and extended the system to include all seven planets.

8. Almagest Book V: Lunar Distance Adjustments for Epicycle In the last post, we explored how to calculate parallax if the distance to an object is known and its distance from the zenith