Usually means: Connects shafts allowing different angles.
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  1. universal joint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. universal joint: Merriam-Webster
  3. universal joint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. universal joint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. universal joint: Collins English Dictionary
  6. universal joint: Vocabulary.com
  7. universal joint: Wordnik
  8. universal joint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. universal joint: Wiktionary
  10. universal joint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. universal joint: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. universal joint: Dictionary.com
  13. Universal joint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. universal joint: Rhymezone
  15. universal joint: FreeDictionary.org
  16. universal joint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. universal joint: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. universal joint: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. universal joint: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. universal joint: Medical dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Universal Joint: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
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(Note: See universal_joints as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (universal joint)

noun:  A coupling that allows different parts of a machine not in line with each other some freedom of movement at the same time as transmitting rotary motion.

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