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ball-and-socket joints

ball-and-socket joints is the plural of ball-and-socket joint.

Meaning of ball-and-socket joint

Noun

ball-and-socket joint (plural ball-and-socket joints)

  1. A joint in which one segment has a rounded end and the next segment has a bowl-shaped end, with the rounded end being fitted into the bowl shape, allowing the first segment to move around an indefinite number of axes which have one common center. Examples include the human shoulder joint and the balljoints of some automotive suspensions.

Questions about ball-and-socket joints

What is ball-and-socket joints the plural of?
Ball-and-socket joints is the plural of ball-and-socket joint.

Words near ball-and-socket joints in the dictionary

  1. ball washers
  2. Ball's pipefish
  3. Ball's Pyramid
  4. ball-and-pillow structure
  5. ball-and-socket joint
  6. ball-and-socket joints
  7. ball-and-stick model
  8. ball-and-stick models
  9. ball-breaker
  10. ball-breakers
  11. ball-bust

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