cardan shaft

English

Alternative forms

Cardan shaft

Etymology

Named after Girolamo Cardano.

Noun

cardan shaft (plural cardan shafts)

(mechanical engineering) A driveshaft with a universal joint at one or both ends.
- 1963 January, “New in Japan: Tokaido Line trials”, in Modern Railways, page 44:
  Each axle of every 82ft-long car is powered by a 170kW traction motor with flexible cardan shaft drive.

Translations

driveshaft

German: Kardanwelle f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kardangaksel m, drivaksel (no) m
Russian: карда́нный вал (ru) m (kardánnyj val)

References

“cardan shaft”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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