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gimmal

 
Dictionary: gim·mal   (gĭm'əl, jĭm'-) pronunciation

n.
  1. A ring made of two or more interlocked rings.
  2. Any of various linkages allowing one part to rotate within another rotating part, used especially in clockworks.

[Alteration of obsolete gemel, from Middle English, sing. of gemelles, twins, from Old French, pl. of jumel, twin, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus, twin.]


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