epicycloidal wheel
epicycloidal wheel noun: a device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.
Noun
epicycloidal wheel (plural epicycloidal wheels)
- A device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.
- The racks gear directly in the A-wheels, and the figures are placed on cylinders as in the Brunsviga. The carrying is done continuously by a train of epicycloidal wheels. The working is thus rendered very smooth, without the jerks which the ordinary carrying tooth produces; but the arrangement has...1911, “Calculating Machines”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Forms of epicycloidal wheel
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Questions about epicycloidal wheel
- What does epicycloidal wheel mean?
- Epicycloidal wheel means a device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.
- What part of speech is epicycloidal wheel?
- Epicycloidal wheel is a noun.
- What is the plural of epicycloidal wheel?
- The plural of epicycloidal wheel is epicycloidal wheels.
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