English translation for "epicycle"

 
n.
1.【天文学】本轮。
2.【数学】周转圆。

Example Sentences:

	1.	And the center of the epicycle moves along a larger circle around the earth 本轮的大正圆绕著地球旋转。
	2.	The centers of the epicycles of mercury and venus must lie on the line joining the earth and the sun 水星和金星的均轮中心，和地球及太阳中心永远连成一条直线。
	3.	Venus goes through a full set of phases , proving that it must orbit around the sun , not the center of the epicycle 金星亦有盈亏，证明它必定是环绕太阳运行，而不是均轮的中心。

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