epicykl

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpɪt͡sɪkl̩]

Noun

epicykl m inan

1. epicycle (a small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle)

Declension

Declension of epicykl (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	epicykl	epicykly
genitive	epicyklu	epicyklů
dative	epicyklu	epicyklům
accusative	epicykl	epicykly
vocative	epicykle	epicykly
locative	epicyklu	epicyklech
instrumental	epicyklem	epicykly

Related terms

• See cyklus

• epicykloida

 

Further reading

• “epicykl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin epicyclus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈpi.t͡sɘkl/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sɘkl
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧cykl

Noun

epicykl m inan

1. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) epicycle (small circle whose center 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)

   Coordinate terms: deferens, deferent

2. (geometry) epicycle (any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid)

Declension

Declension of epicykl

	singular	plural
nominative	epicykl	epicykle
genitive	epicyklu	epicykli/epicyklów
dative	epicyklowi	epicyklom
accusative	epicykl	epicykle
instrumental	epicyklem	epicyklami
locative	epicyklu	epicyklach
vocative	epicyklu	epicykle

Related terms

nouns

• epicykloida

 

Further reading

• epicykl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• epicykl in PWN's encyclopedia