epicycle meaning in Bengali
টলেমির সিস্টেম
UK/ˈɛpɪˌsaɪkəl/
epicycle in Bengali: টলেমির সিস্টেম. In English, epicycle means a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.
Bengali words for epicycle
- টলেমির সিস্টেম
English meaning of epicycle
- noun A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.
- noun Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid.
- noun A ring of atoms joining parts of an already cyclic compound.
- noun An ad hoc complication added to a model to make it fit the known data.
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Questions about epicycle in Bengali
- What is the meaning of epicycle in Bengali?
- Epicycle in Bengali is টলেমির সিস্টেম.
- epicycle এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
- Epicycle: টলেমির সিস্টেম.
- What does epicycle mean in English?
- Epicycle means a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.
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Bengali words from Bengali Wiktionary: epicycle (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: epicycle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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