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Gimbal vs Optigraph - What's the difference?

gimbal | optigraph |

As nouns the difference between gimbal and optigraph

is that gimbal is a device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped while optigraph is a telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.

As a verb gimbal

is to use a gimbal.

gimbal

English

(wikipedia gimbal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.

    • Verb

  • to use a gimbal

    • optigraph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.
    • (Webster 1913)