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Gimbal

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Noun

1. gimbal

an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gimbal

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verbWord forms: gimbals, gimballing or gimballed (transitive)
to support on gimbals

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Gimbal

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noun
1.  [often pl.]
a device consisting of a pivoted ring or rings capable of swinging freely while mounted to a fixed frame, used as to hold a ship's gyroscope level despite any pitch, roll, or yaw
: often gimbal ring
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgimbaled or ˈgimballed, ˈgimbaling or ˈgimballing
2. 
to attach to or mount on a gimbal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gimbal

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n.
1. A rigid frame or ring in which an object is supported by pivots. Two such rings mounted concentrically on axes at right angles to each other allow an object such as a ship's compass to remain suspended in a horizontal plane between them regardless of any motion of its support.
2. often gimbals A device consisting of gimbals.
tr.v. gim·baled, gim·bal·ing, gim·bals or gim·balled or gim·bal·ling
To supply with or support on gimbals.

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