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Gyroscope

noun

Rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction. Synonym: gyro.

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"Gyroscope" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the manometer indicated nine thousand five hundred feet, and was rapidly nearing the next division. Suddenly Burke felt the lever move slowly under his hand as though operated by some outside intelligence, and at the same moment the axis of one gyroscope swung slowly in a horizontal plane through an angle of nearly ninety degrees, while that of the other dipped slightly from the vertical. Both men had a ghastly feeling that the ghost of Pax had somehow returned and assumed control of the car. Bennie rotated the map under the gyroscope until the ...

— The Man Who Rocked the Earth • Arthur Train

... At night when the periscope is practically useless or in very rough weather, or in case the periscope has been damaged or destroyed, steering is done exclusively by means of the compass. The latest type in use now on submarines is called the gyroscope compass which is a ...

— Aircraft and Submarines - The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day - Uses of War's Newest Weapons • Willis J. Abbot

Words linked to "Gyroscope" : gyrostabiliser, gyro, gyroscopic, gyrostabilizer, rotating mechanism, gyrocompass