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  • noun The loss of one degree of freedom in a three-dimensional space that occurs when the axes of two of the three gimbals are driven into a parallel configuration, "locking" the system into rotation in a degenerate two-dimensional space.

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  • one less degree of freedom

    December 15, 2012

  • See comments on quaternion.

    August 2, 2022