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Allowed rotations

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An object may allow rotation with respect to an attached other object by means of one or more hinges (e.g. a door, scissors, a hinge joint). Gear couplings and universal joints connect two driveshafts at an angle (rotating about their own axes) to transmit torque, by two pairs of hinges allowing rotation about two other axes. A ball-and-socket joint, e.g. in the shoulder, allows rotations about all three axes.

See also: rolling, axle, wheel, rolling, gyration, gyroscope, rotations in anatomy