constant-velocity joint
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Simple_CV_Joint_animated.gif/220px-Simple_CV_Joint_animated.gif)
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]constant-velocity joint (plural constant-velocity joints)
- (engineering) A mechanical coupling which allows the shafts to rotate freely and compensates for the angle between the two shafts, within a certain range, to maintain the same velocity, commonly used in front-wheel drive vehicles.
- Synonym: CV joint
- Coordinate term: universal joint
Translations
[edit]mechanical coupling
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Further reading
[edit]- “constant-velocity joint”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “constant velocity joint”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.