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Cardan shaft

noun

Definition of Cardan shaft

1 : a shaft that has a universal joint at one or both ends enabling it to rotate freely when in varying angular relation to another shaft or shafts to which it is joined

2 : a shaft (as on a motor vehicle) that transmits power

History and Etymology for Cardan shaft

after Jerome Cardan, its inventor

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