gimbal
IPA: gˈɪmbʌɫ
noun
- A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
verb
- (transitive) To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
- (intransitive) To swivel, move on an axis.
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Examples of "gimbal" in Sentences
- Gimbal lock in applied mathematics.
- It is avoided by use of a fourth gimbal.
- The inner gimbal is supported by an outer gimbal.
- The basic mode was with the engine gimbal locked.
- The common name for this situation is gimbal lock.
- The antenna gimbal assembly was stored on the subpallet.
- But the gimbal suspension was already in Europe by the 9th.
- But that quotation does not specifically address the gimbal.
- There is no problem similar to the gimbal lock with quaternions.
- The ball joint apparatus is centered in the intersection of the gimbal axes.
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