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gim⋅mal

  [gim-uhl, jim-uhl]
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–noun
any of various joints for transmitting motion between rotating parts, as in a timepiece.
Origin:
1520–30; alter. of gemel (orig. in pl.) twin, ME gemelles (< OF gemeles) < L gemellus (sing.), dim. of geminus twin
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gim·mal   (gĭm'əl, jĭm'-)   
n.  

  1. A ring made of two or more interlocked rings.

  2. Any of various linkages allowing one part to rotate within another rotating part, used especially in clockworks.


[Alteration of obsolete gemel, from Middle English, sing. of gemelles, twins, from Old French, pl. of jumel, twin, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus, twin.]
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