UNIVERSAL JOINT
\jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsə͡l d͡ʒˈɔ͡ɪnt], \jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsəl dʒˈɔɪnt], \j_ˌuː_n_ɪ_v_ˈɜː_s_əl dʒ_ˈɔɪ_n_t]\
Definitions of UNIVERSAL JOINT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions; "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
By Princeton University
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coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions; "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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(Mech.) A joint enabling the rotation of one axle to communicate rotation to a second axle whose direction intersects that of the former at any given angle ; the ends of the axles open out into forks, one of which is fastened by loose rivets to the ends of one arm of a cross, the other in like manner to the ends of the other arm of the cross.
By Henry Percy Smith
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