gyroscope
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- noun
- /ˈjaɪrəˌskoʊp/
- Specialized
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giroscopio
- Andrew Corp. has developed a laser-based gyroscope sensor called the Autogyro, which operates without any moving parts.
- gyroscope sensor
- gyroscopes and accelerometers
So let's again go to a top view of our gyroscope.
- So let's again go to a top view of our gyroscope.
- You can't give a sensitive centrifuges and gyroscopes to rogue regimes like North Korea or Iran.
Examples
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In smartphones, a gyroscope helps detect the orientation of the device.
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Andrew Corp. is selling the fiber-optic gyroscope to navigation system developers in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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But you do need the gyroscope to make it work well.
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Eventually, a gyroscope was used to get it to fly fairly straight.
Academic text (2003) -
This bomb has a tiny gyroscope inside.
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The gyroscope is off, the thrust mechanism is broken.
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A 1-millimeter-square silicon gyroscope drifts between only 10 and 100 degrees per hour.
Academic text (1994) -
Engineers are thus designing yaw-rate gyroscope sensors that could be sold for less than $100 apiece.
Academic text (1994) -
The small rectangular box attached to each probe is a rate gyroscope used for angular velocity measurement.
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We had studied airfoils and gyroscopes in class, and that primed my interest in boomerangs.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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A spinning wheel that helps a vehicle or machine stay steady and keep its direction
A device that measures how fast something turns
How Stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gyroscope comes from the Greek parts gyro- 'turn' or 'circle' and -scope 'to look' or 'watch', the same -scope in telescope. So a gyroscope is like a 'watcher of turns' and it watches rotation to help keep balance or measure direction.