Definitions for gimbal

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gimbal gim·bals

Spelling: [jim-buh lz, gim-]

IPA: /ˈdʒɪm bəlz, ˈgɪm-/

Gimbal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in gimbal (abgilm).

Definitions for gimbal

noun

1. Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.

Origin of gimbal

First recorded in 1570-80; alteration of gimmal

Examples for gimbal

The four pistons are carried upon the gimbal ring, which connects, by means of pivots, the two chair couplings.

gimbal, gim′bal, n. a contrivance for suspending the mariner's compass, so as to keep it always horizontal.