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cardan shafts

cardan shafts is the plural of cardan shaft.

Meaning of cardan shaft

Noun

cardan shaft (plural cardan shafts)

  1. A driveshaft with a universal joint at one or both ends.
    • Two Voith-North British hydraulic transmissions are fitted, each connected through a Hardy Spicer cardan shaft to its appropriate diesel engine.1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265

Noun capitalized: Cardan shafts

Cardan shafts

  1. (plural) plural of Cardan shaft

Questions about cardan shafts

What is cardan shafts the plural of?
Cardan shafts is the plural of cardan shaft.
What part of speech is cardan shafts?
Cardan shafts is a noun.

Words near cardan shafts in the dictionary

  1. cardamums
  2. Cardan
  3. Cardan grille
  4. Cardan grilles
  5. cardan shaft
  6. cardan shafts
  7. cardanol
  8. cardanolide
  9. cardanolides
  10. cardanols
  11. Cardarelli

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