constant-velocity joint

English

Alternative forms

• constant velocity joint

Noun

constant-velocity joint (plural constant-velocity joints)

1. (engineering) A mechanical coupling which allows the shafts to rotate freely and compensates for the angle between the two shafts, within a certain range, to maintain the same velocity, commonly used in front-wheel drive vehicles.

   Synonym: CV joint

   Coordinate term: universal joint

Translations

mechanical coupling

• Finnish: vakionopeusnivel

Further reading

• “constant-velocity joint”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “constant velocity joint”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.