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Meanings of epicyclic gear train in English

A system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis.

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        In both classes, the action involves the use of some sort of epicyclic train, since the motions to be explained are both orbital and axial.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884