Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epicyclic_train

1 sense of epicyclic train

Sense 1
epicyclic train, epicyclic gear train -- (a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis)
       => gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train -- (wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain")