epicycloidal wheels

A form of epicycloidal wheel — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of epicycloidal wheel
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