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epicyclic train

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epicyclic train

–noun Machinery.
a train of gears or pulleys in which one or more of the axes revolve about a central axis.

Origin:
1885–90
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epicyclic train  
n.  A system of gears in which at least one rotating gear revolves about another.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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