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Cardan joint

[kahr-dan]
–noun
Machinery. a universal joint consisting of a crosslike piece, opposite ends of which rotate within the forked end of each of the two shafts connected.

Origin:
1900–05; named after G. Cardano (1501–76), Italian mathematician, its inventor
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