Definition of Gyroscopic

1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of a gyroscope.

Partainyms: Gyroscope
Derivative terms: Gyroscope

Definition of Gyroscopic

1. a. Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.

Definition of Gyroscopic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gyroscopic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Gyroscopic

1. Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyroscopic

gyropilots
gyroplane
gyroplanes
gyroquadrilateral
gyroquadrilaterals
gyroradii
gyroradius
gyroresonance
gyrorotation
gyrorotations
gyros
gyrosa
gyroscales
gyroscope
gyroscopes
gyroscopic (current term)
gyroscopic stabilizer
gyroscopic stabilizers
gyroscopically
gyrose
gyrosonic
gyrosonics
gyrospasm
gyrostabiliser
gyrostabilization
gyrostabilizer
gyrostabilizers
gyrostat
gyrostatic
gyrostatics

Literary usage of Gyroscopic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"gyroscopic mechanism for recording roll and pitch of vessels at sea. ¡l Sei Am 10!):14a As 23 '13 gyroscopic stabilizer for ships. EA Sper- ry. ..."

2. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"The gyroscopic Couple.—A disc which rolls round a curved track (Fig. ... gyroscopic motion of a body will here be analyzed briefly by considering the ..."

3. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1919)
"KRUGER'S THEORY OF gyroscopic MOLECULES. [This appendix represents the ... The gyroscopic characteristics and properties of the atoms of metallic iron due ..."

4. The Wonders of Science in Modern Life by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams (1912)
"To maintain its victory it must continue its backward and forward plunging; but from side to side its axis will not swerve. DID gyroscopic ACTION WRECK THE ..."

5. The Theory and Practice of Mechanics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1913)
"gyroscopic Action. — The kinetic reactions developed by a couple so acting as to produce a change in angular momentum, as illustrated in the preceding ..."

6. The Dynamics of Mechanical Flight: Lectures Delivered at the Imperial by George Greenhill (1912)
"... gyroscopic ACTION, AND GENERAL DYNAMICAL PRINCIPLES A FEW gyroscopic experiments were shown at the end of the last lecture, made with simple apparatus ..."

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