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trochilics

trochilics noun: the science of rotary motion, or work done with wheels.

Noun

trochilics (uncountable)

  1. The science of rotary motion, or work done with wheels.
    • For setting wheels within wheels, you cannot match Fortune. After all, she has made trochilics her hobby through all the ages.1921, Dornford Yates, Anthony Lyveden
    • But for the better conceiving of this invention, it is requisite that we rightly understand some principles in trochilics, or the art of wheel-instruments1648, John Wilkins, Mathematicall Magick. Or, The Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry. […], London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand […], →OCLC

Origin of trochilics

From Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”).

Questions about trochilics

What does trochilics mean?
Trochilics means the science of rotary motion, or work done with wheels.
What part of speech is trochilics?
Trochilics is a noun.

Words near trochilics in the dictionary

  1. trochids
  2. trochiform
  3. trochil
  4. trochili
  5. trochilic
  6. trochilics
  7. trochilid
  8. trochilidine
  9. trochilidist
  10. trochilidists
  11. trochilids

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