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Peaucellier cell|pəʊˈsɛljeɪ sɛl| [From name of the inventor, Lieut. Peaucellier, 1864.] A plane linkage consisting of a jointed rhombus fixed by three bars to two distinct centres, so that when it oscillates about these, its angle opposite to the centres describes a straight line, thus developing a rectilineal out of a circular motion.
1875Cayley Coll. Math. Papers IX. 317 The assumed transformation..can be effected immediately by a Peaucellier cell. |