Meanings
- uncountableThe 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 Lyveden1 more example
But for the better conceiving of this invention, it is requisite that we rightly understand some principles in trochilics, or the art of wheel-instruments
1648, 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
- Ancient Greekτροχίλος
- Englishtrochilics
From Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”).
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trochilics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trochilics
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