universal joint

English

Animation of a rotating universal joint.

Noun

universal joint (plural universal joints)

A coupling that allows different parts of a machine not in line with each other some freedom of movement at the same time as transmitting rotary motion.

Synonyms

Cardan joint, cardan joint, Hardy-Spicer joint, Hooke's joint, U joint, universal coupling

Hypernyms

coupling, joint

Coordinate terms

CV joint

Translations

type of coupling

Danish: kardanled n
Finnish: kardaaninivel
Ido: universala charniro
Polish: przegub krzyżakowy n, przegub Cardana n, kardan (pl) m
Russian: карда́нная переда́ча (ru) f (kardánnaja peredáča)
Ukrainian: карда́нна переда́ча f (kardánna peredáča)
Welsh: cymal cyffredinol m

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