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epicyclic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English epicycle Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epicyclic From epicycle + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to epicycles.
  2. (not-comparable) Of a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other.
    • Power is derived from a British United Traction Limited "A"-type 150-h.p. six-cylinder horizontal diesel engine; this drives through a fluid flywheel, and thence through a free wheel unit to a four-speed epicyclic gearbox. 1958 April 14, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275:
    • The gearbox is of the self-changing compound epicyclic SE.4 type, with Sinclair fluid coupling, having a maximum torque of 750 lb./ft. 1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 561:

Deriveds

epicyclic gear

Translations (2)

gv far-chiarkylagh (of or relating to epicycles) · pl epicykliczny (of or relating to epicycles)