gimbal
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1gim·bal
noun \ˈgim-bəl, ˈjim-\Definition of GIMBAL
: a device that permits a body to incline freely in any direction or suspends it so that it will remain level when its support is tipped —usually used in plural —called also gimbal ring
Origin of GIMBAL
alteration of obsolete gemel double ring, from Middle English, from Anglo-French gemel, jomel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus
First Known Use: circa 1780
2gimbal
transitive verbgimballed or gimbaledgimbal·ling or gimbal·ing
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