Translation of "epicycle" into Polish

epicykl is the translation of "epicycle" into Polish.

epicycle noun grammar

(astronomy) 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. [..]

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  • epicykl

    noun masculine

    For centuries as astronomers gathered more data, the Ptolemaic cosmologists could always add extra epicycles onto their other epicycles and “explain” the new data.

    Kiedy w ciągu stuleci astronomowie gromadzili coraz to więcej danych liczbowych, kosmolodzy ptolemejscy zawsze mogli je „wytłumaczyć”, dodając do już wprowadzonych epicykli jeszcze jeden.

  • hist. astr. epicykl

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