sun gear

English

Etymology

By analogy to a sun with planets rotating around it.

Noun

sun gear (plural sun gears)

The central gear wheel of an epicyclic gear train; the central gear in planetary gear box, which spins the planet gears

Coordinate terms

Translations

gear wheel

Dutch: zonnewiel (nl) n
French: planétaire intérieur m, soleil (fr) m

Anagrams

raunges, ungears

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