epicyclic

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to epicycles. not-comparable
  2. Of a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other. not-comparable
    — 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.

词汇关系

衍生词
epicyclic gear

词源

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.
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