gimbal
(noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship’s compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gimbal (plural gimbals)
A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
gimbal (third-person singular simple present gimbals, present participle gimbaling or gimballing, simple past and past participle gimbaled or gimballed)
(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.
Source: Wiktionary
Gim"bal, or; Gim"bals (, n. Etym: [See Gimmal, n.]
Definition: A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.
– Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
