Tłumaczenia dla hasła „epicycle“ w angielsko » polski słowniku

epicycle [ˈepɪsaɪkl̩] RZ. ASTRON., MAT.

epicycle

epicykl r.m.

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In fact, he did this separately for the eccentric and the epicycle model.

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A planet or the center of an epicycle (a smaller circle carrying the planet) was conceived to move with a uniform angular speed with respect to the equant.

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He asserts that the epicycle's center is carried on a circle, the deferent, whose center is different from the center of uniform motion.

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Eccentrics and epicycles came to be thought of as useful fictions.

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It was mistakenly believed that more levels of epicycles (circles within circles) were added to the models to match more accurately the observed planetary motions.

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Part of the problem may be due to the misconception of the epicycle as an explanation of a body's motion rather than merely a description.

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To account for apparent anomalies in this view, such as the apparent retrograde motion of the planets, a system of deferents and epicycles was used.

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A given planet then moves around the epicycle at the same time the epicycle moves along the path marked by the deferent.

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The second part of the model is the epicycle.

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It isn't even clear that he used fewer epicycles than the geocentric model did.

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