Epicycle in a sentence

Epicycle meaning

1. 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.
2. Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid.
3. A ring of atoms joining parts of an already cyclic compound

Using Epicycle

• The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid. | A ring of atoms joining parts of an already cyclic compound
• Useful related words include: circle.

Context around Epicycle

• Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
• Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
• Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Epicycle

• In this selection, "epicycle" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, motions stand out and add context to how "epicycle" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include and an epicycle or whatever and deferent and epicycle motions. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "epicycle" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.