cardan shaft
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Girolamo Cardano.
Noun[edit]
cardan shaft (plural cardan shafts)
- (mechanical engineering) A driveshaft with a universal joint at one or both ends.
- 1963 January, “New in Japan: Tokaido Line trials”, in Modern Railways, page 44:
- Each axle of every 82ft-long car is powered by a 170kW traction motor with flexible cardan shaft drive.
Translations[edit]
driveshaft
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References[edit]
- “cardan shaft”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.