Constant-velocity joint

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What Wikipedia says

A constant-velocity joint (also called a CV joint and homokinetic joint) is a mechanical connection between two rotating shafts, that keeps them rotating at the same speed, while allowing the shafts to be at an angle to each other as they rotate.

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