: 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
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One place you might encounter gimbals is on a ship, where they are used to keep compasses and other things level with the horizon in contrast to the pitch and roll of the vessel at sea. The word gimbal is an alteration of "gemel," a word for a type of finger-ring popular in the 16th century that could be divided into two separate rings. The word comes from Anglo-French gemel ("twin"), which in turn comes from Latin gemellus, a diminutive of "geminus," the Latin word for "twin."
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Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
The $199 Link 2 carries forward the innovative two-axis gimbal of the original while introducing improvements to its noise reduction capabilities, while the $149 Link 2C doesn’t move itself at all.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 24 Sep. 2024
Valentina Palladino and Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2019
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Noun
Cylindrical projectors with integrated gimbals aren’t a new idea.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
The $199 Link 2 carries forward the innovative two-axis gimbal of the original while introducing improvements to its noise reduction capabilities, while the $149 Link 2C doesn’t move itself at all.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 24 Sep. 2024
Verb
Much of what has made DJI gimbals great remains in the Osmo Mobile 3, but the company made this device more compact and more affordable at $119.
—Valentina Palladino and Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2019
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“Gimbal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimbal. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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