sun gear

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sun gear

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By analogy to a sun with planets rotating around it.

noun sun gears

The central gear wheel of an epicyclic gear train; the central gear in planetary gear box, which spins the planet gears

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noun gear wheel

Français	planétaire intérieur, soleil

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@misc{sun_gear_2026,
  title = {sun gear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sun%20gear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}