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planet wheel
noun
an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
Syn: ↑planetary gear, ↑epicyclic gear, ↑planet gear
Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel
Part Holonyms: ↑epicyclic train, ↑epicyclic gear train

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noun
Etymology: planet (I)
: a gear wheel that revolves around the wheel with which it meshes in an epicyclic train — see sun-and-planet motion illustration

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planet wheel,
any of the cogwheels, gears, or the like, in an epicyclic train, whose axes revolve around the common center, or central gear.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.