MEANING
A joint using a rounded ball in a socket or bearing to permit movement in multiple directions.
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- a suspension ball joint
- a ball-joint socket
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The ball joint let the arm change angle without shifting its fixed mount.
Wear in the ball-joint socket produced play she could feel by hand.
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- Base
- ball joint
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular ball joint; plural ball joints. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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