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Definition of Gyroscope

1. Noun. Rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction.

Definition of Gyroscope

1. n. A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.

Definition of Gyroscope

1. Noun. an apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gyroscope

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Medical Definition of Gyroscope

1. 1. A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope. 2. A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion. Origin: Gr. Ring, circle + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyroscope

Literary usage of Gyroscope

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1855)
"Nouvelles Expériences sur le Mouvement de la Terre au Moyen du gyroscope, ... The gyroscope is a massive ring of brass connected with a steel axis by a ..."

2. A Treatise on Gyrostatics and Rotational Motion: Theory and Applications by Andrew Gray (1918)
"Strictly speaking, the gyroscope does not turn about the string as a vertical axis, for the string is not exactly vertical. If the point at which it is ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1862)
"The object of this paper is to deduce on strict mechanical principles all the known properties of the gyroscope. The only assumption made is that the ..."

4. Artificial and Natural Flight by Hiram Stevens Maxim (1908)
"STEERING BY MEANS OP A gyroscope. A ship at sea has only to be steered in a horizontal ... We have but one means at our disposal, and that is the gyroscope. ..."

5. Experimental Science: Elementary, Practical and Experimental Physics by George Milton Hopkins (1890)
"THE gyroscope. This instrument has always been a puzzle to physicists. Its phenomena seems to be incapable of explanation in a popular way. ..."

6. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1898)
"The gyroscope.* — Consider a wheel rotating at angular velocity <u about the line ... A wheel mounted to show this action of a torque is called a gyroscope. ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Thus, reversal of the direction of rotation of the gyroscope involve reversal of the ... Thus the pendulum, with any rate of rotation of th§ gyroscope, ..."

8. The Squibob Papers by George Horatio Derby (1865)
"It is with the greatest pleasure that we acknowledge the receipt from that gifted author, of the " Analysis of Rotary Motion, as applied to the gyroscope," ..."

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