 | Nathan Bailey - English language - 1766 - 934 pages
...Plácete, except the Sun, for (biting their Appearance«. EPICY'CLOID (in Gctaitry] is а Согт« generated by the Revolution of the Periphery of a Circle along the Convex 01 Concave Part of another Circle. EPICY'EMA ['Епифш, Gr.] a Superfetation, or conceiving again... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1768 - 1002 pages
...planet faltened to it round about its proper center. Harrii. Milton. EPICY'CLOID. / [i*uwxteuS*<.] A curve generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle along the convex or concave part oT another circle. EPIDEMICAL. ? / [«m and V®'-] '• That EPIDE'MICK. J which tall, at once... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1773 - 1164 pages
...faftcned to it round about its proper tenter. Harris. Л ;.,;..,-. IPICY'CLOID. /. [h-.Ku»X.!ft,ç.] A curve generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle along the convex or concave paît of another circle. EPIDE'MICAL. EPIDE'MICK. I. That which fallí at once upon great Burn ben... | |
 | Nathan Bailey - English language - 1782 - 978 pages
...attribute to all the Planets, except the Sun, for folviog their Appearances. EPICY'CLOID ['n Gtcmttry] is a Curve generated by the Revolution of the Periphery of a Circle along the convex or concave Part ef jn'jther Cirde. EPICY'EMA [E*:«iV«, Gr.] a Supeifetation, or conceiving again before ihe... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - English language - 1790 - 656 pages
...dependent on that of a greater, as that of the moon on that of the earth. EPICYCLOID, èp-y-fi'-kloid. f. A curve generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle along the convex or concave part of another circle. EPIDEMICAL, kil. EP1DEMICK That which falls at once upon great numbers of people,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...folved the various phenomena of the planets, but more efpecially their llations and rétrogradations. EPICYCLOID, in geometry, a curve generated by the...periphery of a circle, along the convex or concave fide of the periphery of another circle. EPICYEMA, among phyficians, denotes a fuperfrtation ; being... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1797 - 608 pages
...dependent on that of a greater, as that of the moon on that of the earth. EPICYCLOID, ep-e-si'kloid. f. A curve generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle along the convex or Concave pait of another circle. EPIDEMICAL^ Ip-e-dem'e-kal. "I EPIDEMICK. ep-c-dem'ik. (5°9)/ That which falls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1802 - 990 pages
...planet falW te it round about its proper centre. Har, E PI EPICY'CLOID. ,. [I««MX.I,ÍIB.] A curre generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle along the convex or concave part of another circle. EPIDE'MICAL.? , .. , EPIDE'MICK. t «•[«*• »no »V«-] i. That which... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...to that order. The highest point of a planet^ epicycle they called apogee, and (he lowest perigee. EPICYCLOID, in geometry, a curve generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle, ACE (Plate V. MisceL 6f. 4.) alone the convex or concave side of the periphery of another circle, DGB.... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...The highest point of a planet's epicycle they called apogee, and the lowest perigee. EPICYCLOID, ш geometry, a curve generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle, ACE (Plate V. Miseel, fig. 4.) along the convex or concave side of the periphery of another circle,... | |
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A curve generated by the revolution of the periphery of a circle along the convex or concave part of another circle. 
