gimbal
- n an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
- It had four gimbal axes with only two (two-axis) gyroscopes on its inertial platform.
- You don't know if at some point things would break how can a gimbal hold this huge boat? There was always some kind of pressure and tension there when we did that.
- In the detail design of the inertial platform wiring, the Independent Review Committee recommended studies to either preclude wiring harness motion during gimbal motion, or .