peritrochium
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + τροχός (trokhós, “a wheel”).
Noun
peritrochium (plural peritrochia)
- The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for peritrochium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)