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epicyclic train

noun

Definition of epicyclic train 

: a train (as of gear wheels) designed to have one or more parts travel around the circumference of another fixed or revolving part

First Known Use of epicyclic train

1869, in the meaning defined above

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Epicurus

epicuticle

epicycle

epicyclic train

epicycloid

Epidaurus

epideictic

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