planetary gear
planetary gear · planetary gears
A system of gears that has a central gear wheel around which others rotate, often…A system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring.
Meaning
1 sensesA system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring.
Meronyms: sun gear, planet gear
an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
Translations
2 languagesForms
plural: planetary gears| Singular | planetary gear |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train:epicyclic gearplanet wheelplanet gear