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Webster 1913 Edition

Peritrochium

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Perˊi-tro′chi-um

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];

περί

around + [GREEK] a wheel.]

(Mech.)

The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the

axis in peritrochio

, which see under

.