How to Use gimbal in a Sentence

gimbal

noun
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  • The shape of the arms, body, and gimbal have been streamlined too.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The gimbal took up a huge amount of floorspace in the soundstage and was a massive construct.
    — Tom Hanks, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The drone is still made largely of gray plastic, save for the black propellers and the black gimbal.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 10 May 2022
  • The Shiyun Smooth Q4 is the latest smartphone gimbal from one of the market leaders.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • The gimbal is mounted beneath the plane so the night vision sensors look down at the ground and capture images in the dark as the plane flies over.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • The person said the Pixel 6 will feature a new gimbal-like steady camera mode.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 28 May 2021
  • The new design has gimbals that swivel the entire engine back and forth to control the thrust vector.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The grip is comfortable with more of an angle leading to the gimbal than in the previous models.
    — Becca Farsace, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2019
  • One will keep the drone stationary, but move the gimbal to track a subject, and the other will allow the drone to move, following a subject.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 1 June 2022
  • This is often accomplished by mounting the laser on a gimbal.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2023
  • There’s also a mode switch button, to change flying modes, and a gimbal tilt slider to tilt the camera gimbal.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The azimuth adjusts with a single grub screw near the gimbal, enabling rotation of the armtube.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The Mini’s camera sits on a three-axis mechanical gimbal, so the video is very steady.
    — Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Hence the dish atop this X-Prize prototype, which can rotate on a gimbal to track Earth and keep its video transmitting clearly.
    — Chris Dannen, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • For the many scenes that take place in and around the navigating bridge outside the pilot house, the filmmaker built a set on a gimbal and matched it to the real ship down in Baton Rouge.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 10 July 2020
  • Its internal battery can run for more than 20 hours, so your camera is more likely to die long before the gimbal does.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
  • There’s a joystick and some buttons, which let the user change how those gimbals move (or control the movement directly).
    — Sean O'Kane, The Verge, 17 July 2019
  • Smartphone gimbals are a dime a dozen these days, but Insta360 Flow manages to stand out a bit thanks to its unique and clever design that make the gimbal easier to use than others.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Besides the gimbal, the drone has electronic image stabilization for the clearest video footage and stills.
    — Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Just attach the phone to a rotating gimbal and connect it via dongle to your digital camera.
    — Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
  • My father’s day list would have to include a nice drone, gimbal, new camera, soundbar or connected speaker.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 16 June 2018
  • Each drone will be operated by two people, one to pilot the device and another who will operate the gimbal on the drone, looking for the best shot and angle.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • While most cameras have some degree of stabilization built in, there’s no easier way to get smooth and seamless motion than a gimbal.
    — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In this video, stunt pilot Spencer Suderman puts the trick to great effect with a GoPro and a gimbal that stabilizes his high-flying action to everything from the ground, to the plane's corkscrew trail.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2016
  • That robotic gimbal can also handle weapons three times heavier than itself.
    — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Drone vocabulary: the gimbal Without that rig attaching the camera to the hull, drone footage would be unwatchable shaking.
    — Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2017
  • This enables attaching a microphone to a phone on a gimbal, which prior editions wouldn't allow.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Everything is now easier to see and at arm’s length, enables convenient control over the gimbal and the smartphone when capturing footage.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Virtually all other consumer grade gimbals right now require the tripod to be a separate screw-on piece.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Hopefully, the gimbal isn't too audible in use, though, as noises and vibrations are distractions all their own.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022

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