epicyclic
Collocations
3ADJ.
self-changing
VERB + EPICYCLIC
compound
EPICYCLIC + NOUN
se
Definitions
adj
Of or relating to epicycles.
Of a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other.
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.
The gearbox is of the self-changing compound epicyclic SE.4 type, with Sinclair fluid coupling, having a maximum torque of 750 lb./ft.
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Synonyms
adjective — of or relating to an epicycle
- epicyclical
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2Power 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-sp
WiktionaryThe gearbox is of the self-changing compound epicyclic SE.4 type, with Sinclair fluid coupling, having a maximum torque of 750 lb./ft.
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