sun gear
nounEtymology By analogy to a sun with planets rotating around it.
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The central gear wheel of an epicyclic gear train; the central gear in planetary gear box, which spins the planet gears
- Coordinate terms
- planetary gear, planet gear
noun
Etymology By analogy to a sun with planets rotating around it.
The central gear wheel of an epicyclic gear train; the central gear in planetary gear box, which spins the planet gears
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