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cardan (iou)



cardan noun. Also Cardan. M18.
[from Cardan (Gerolamo Cardano (1501-76), Italian mathematician).]
Used attrib. and in possess. to designate things associated with Cardan.
cardan joint a universal joint. Cardan's formula Math. a formula for finding the roots of a cubic equation after it has been reduced to a form without a quadratic term. Cardan's rule = Cardan's formula above. cardan shaft a shaft with a universal joint at one or both ends.