Usually means: Gears orbiting central sun gear.
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  1. planetary gear: Merriam-Webster
  2. planetary gear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. planetary gear: Vocabulary.com
  4. planetary gear: Wiktionary
  5. planetary gear: Dictionary.com
  6. Planetary gear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. planetary gear: Rhymezone
  8. planetary gear: FreeDictionary.org
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(Note: See planetary_gearing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (planetary gear)

noun:  A system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring.

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