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1. ((used with a sing. v.)) gimbals
Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted on it to tilt freely in any direction. Also called gimbal ring.
Etymology: (1570–80; alter. of gimmal)
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1. (noun) gimbals
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
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1. gimbals
A suspension used for ships' compasses and sometimes for other apparatus. It consists of a ring held by two journals, so as to bc free to swing in one plane. The compass is swung upon this ring, being placed concentrically therewith. Its journals are at right angles to those of the ring. This gives a universal joint by which the compass, weighted below its line of support, is always kept horizontal.
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