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epicyclic gear vs gear

gear vs epicyclic gear

epicyclic gear and gear both are nouns.

epicyclic gear is not a verb while gear is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
epicyclic gear Yes No No No
gear Yes No Yes No
As nouns, gear is a hypernym of epicyclic gear; that is, gear is a word with a broader meaning than epicyclic gear:
  • epicyclic gear: an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
  • gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Other hypernyms of epicyclic gear include cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel.
epicyclic gear (noun) gear (noun)
an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
epicyclic gear (verb) gear (verb)
set the level or character of
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