Associations to the word «Epicycloidal»

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Wiktionary

EPICYCLOIDAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
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.
EPICYCLOIDAL WHEELS, noun. Plural of epicycloidal wheel

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