universal joint

English

Animation of a rotating universal joint.

Noun

universal joint (plural universal joints)

1. A coupling that allows different parts of a machine not in line with each other some freedom of movement at the same time as transmitting rotary motion.

Synonyms

• Cardan joint, cardan joint, Hardy-Spicer joint, Hooke's joint, U joint, universal coupling

Hypernyms

• coupling, joint

Coordinate terms

• CV joint

Translations

type of coupling

• Danish: kardanled n
• Finnish: kardaaninivel
• Ido: universala charniro
• Polish: przegub krzyżakowy n, przegub Cardana n, kardan (pl) m
• Russian: карда́нная переда́ча (ru) f (kardánnaja peredáča)
• Ukrainian: карда́нна переда́ча f (kardánna peredáča)
• Welsh: cymal cyffredinol m