Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to epicycles.
- not comparableOf a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other.
The gearbox is of the self-changing compound epicyclic SE.4 type, with Sinclair fluid coupling, having a maximum torque of 750 lb./ft.
1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5611 more example
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.
1958 April 28, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to an epicycle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Polish epicykliczny
- epicyklicznyof or relating to epicycles
Cite this entry
epicyclic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epicyclic
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