epicycle in Persian
تدویر tadvir
UK/ˈɛpɪˌsaɪkəl/
epicycle in Persian: تدویر (tadvir), فلک تدویر (falak-e tadvir). 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.
Persian words for epicycle
- a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle
- تدویر tadvir, فلک تدویر falak-e tadvir
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.
epicycle in other languages
Questions about epicycle in Persian
- What is the meaning of epicycle in Persian?
- Epicycle in Persian is تدویر (tadvir), فلک تدویر (falak-e tadvir).
- معنی epicycle چیست؟
- Epicycle: تدویر (tadvir), فلک تدویر (falak-e tadvir).
- 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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