planetary gear

English

Noun

planetary gear (plural planetary gears)

  1. A system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring.
    Synonym: epicyclic gear
    Hypernyms: gear < part, component
    Meronyms: sun gear, planet gear

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