English Explanatory Dictionary

epicycloidal wheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.

Word forms

epicycloidal wheel epicycloidal wheels
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