"ball-and-socket joint" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ball-and-socket joints [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ball-and-socket joint (plural ball-and-socket joints)
  1. A joint in which one segment has a rounded end and the next segment has a bowl-shaped end, with the rounded end being fitted into the bowl shape, allowing the first segment to move around an indefinite number of axes which have one common center. Examples include the human shoulder joint and the balljoints of some automotive suspensions. Synonyms: ball and socket joint, enarthrosis, balljoint Translations (type of joint): kugleled [neuter] (Danish), kogelgewricht (Dutch), knattliður (Faroese), pallonivel (Finnish), rotule [feminine] (French), Kugelgelenk (German), gömbcsukló (Hungarian), gömbízület (Hungarian), kúluliður [masculine] (Icelandic), sendi peluru (Indonesian), sendi lesung (Malay), pona kapunga (Maori), kuleledd (Norwegian Bokmål), kuleledd (Norwegian Nynorsk), kulled [common-gender] (Swedish), tumbok-salo (Tagalog)

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