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Etymology

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From epi- +‎ cyclical.

Adjective

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epicyclical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to an epicycle.
    • 2015, Uzziel Perez, Angeleene S. Ang, Quirino M. Sugon Jr., Daniel J. McNamara, Akimasa Yoshikawa, “Lorentz Dispersion Law from classical Hydrogen electron orbits in AC electric field via geometric algebra”, in arXiv[1]:
      We showed that at different perturbing frequencies, the angular momentum vector traces epicyclical patterns..