gimbal
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- noun
- /ˈɡɪmbəl/
- Specialized
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gimbal
- The photographer mounted his camera on a gimbal to capture smooth footage while walking.
- outer gimbal
- inner gimbal
- gimbal mount
This looks like a much stronger gimbal than our previous versions.
- This looks like a much stronger gimbal than our previous versions.
- You can also maneuver the little like gimbal here on top.
- So the motors aren't taxed and balancing on this gimbal is a very tricky process.
- And usually I have used a much larger iPhone gimbal, which actually I've got here.
- This arm literally acts as a gimbal.
- And to fly Nion, and to the homies who gave me the gimbal.
- But I wasn't comfortable using the gimbal.
- Oh, this looks like you could strap this to your backpack and put the gimbal on it.
Examples
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Using a gimbal allowed the drone to maintain a steady view even in windy conditions.
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that is a real gimbal inside of a smartphone.
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This looks like a much stronger gimbal than our previous versions.
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I'm also testing out my new gimbal, so whoa, see if it takes some getting used to.
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Proceed with main engine gimbal profile test.
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This loop here is just rubbing on the gimbal, so it makes a funny sound.
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And then you can just take your gimbal, unfold it like this, and then it magnets to the little mount here.
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I knew I wanted to shoot it on a gimbal so that it would be super smooth and sort of reflect the fluidity of Linda's movement and her world.
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The device was mounted in a two-axis gimbal arrangement secured to the sacro-lumbar area on the hip-waist band.
Academic text (1991) -
The compass was fixed to a gimbal so it could stay upright during the ship's movements.
How Stable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gimbal comes from an old word for a turning 'ring' that lets an object stay level. Think of a set of rings around a compass, where each ring can turn so the inner instrument stays 'upright', which is why a gimbal keeps a lantern, compass, or camera steady as the ship or person moves.