EQUANT
\ˈiːkwənt], \ˈiːkwənt], \ˈiː_k_w_ə_n_t]\
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A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; - called also eccentric equator.
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A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; - called also eccentric equator.
By Noah Webster.
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[L., making even.] In order to represent the observed motions of the planets, Ptolemy supposed that in certain cases the deferent was eccentric, and the motion in it uniform, not about the centre, but about another point, the Equant.
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See Epicycle.
By Henry Percy Smith
