Cardan suspension

noun

Car·​dan suspension

ˈkärˌdan-

variants or Cardanic suspension

(ˈ)kär¦danik-

: a support in which an instrument (as a chronometer) is hung on gimbals

Word History

Etymology

after Jerome Cardan

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