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EPICYCLIC GEAR
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
Synonyms:
epicyclic gear; planet gear; planet wheel; planetary gear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("epicyclic gear" is a kind of...):
cogwheel; gear; gear wheel; geared wheel (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)
Holonyms ("epicyclic gear" is a part of...):
epicyclic gear train; epicyclic train (a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis)
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