🔄epicycle (エピサイクル)

noun
/ˈɛpɪˌsaɪkl/
外周上の小円 (gaishū-jō no shōen)

意味

a small circle whose center moves around the circumference of a larger one, used in ancient astronomy
意味の翻訳
中心がより大きな円の周囲を回る小さな円
chūshin ga yori ōkina en no shūi o mawaru chīsana en

例文

The concept of the epicycle was used to explain planetary motion.

エピサイクルの概念は惑星の運動を説明するために使用されました。
episykuru no gainen wa wakusei no undō o setsumei suru tame ni shiyō saremashita.

同義語

orbit, circle, revolution, rotation

対義語

line, straight path

コロケーション

planetary epicycle, motion epicycle, Ptolemaic epicycle

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