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cardan shaft

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
car-dan shaft
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A driveshaft with a universal joint at one or both ends.

noun

Alternative form of cardan shaft.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Named after Girolamo Cardano.

Inflected Forms

cardan shafts (plural)

Questions

What does cardan shaft mean?
A driveshaft with a universal joint at one or both ends.
Where does cardan shaft come from?
Named after Girolamo Cardano.

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