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sun gear

sun gear noun: the central gear wheel of an epicyclic gear train; the central gear in planetary gear box, which spins the planet gears.

Noun

sun gear (plural sun gears)

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

sun gear meaning in Tamil

sun gear in Tamil

நடுவண் பல்லிணை

Forms of sun gear

pluralsun gears

Origin of sun gear

By analogy to a sun with planets rotating around it.

Questions about sun gear

What does sun gear mean?
Sun gear means the central gear wheel of an epicyclic gear train; the central gear in planetary gear box, which spins the planet gears.
What is sun gear in Tamil?
Sun gear in Tamil is நடுவண் பல்லிணை. See Sun gear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sun gear?
Sun gear is a noun.
What is the plural of sun gear?
The plural of sun gear is sun gears.

Words near sun gear in the dictionary

  1. sun fever
  2. sun fevers
  3. sun filter
  4. sun filters
  5. sun fruit
  6. sun gear
  7. sun gears
  8. sun glasses
  9. sun god
  10. sun goddess
  11. sun goddesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sun gear (page history and authors); sun gear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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