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Synonyms for gyroscope


Grammar : Noun
Spell : jahy-ruh-skohp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒaɪ rəˌskoʊp



Définition of gyroscope

Origin :
  • heavy rotating wheel with an axis free to turn in any direction, 1856, invented and named in French 1852 by Foucault, from Greek gyros "circle" (see gyre) + skopos "watcher" (see scope (n.1)), because the device demonstrates that the earth rotates.
  • As in gyro : noun gyrator
Example sentences :
  • I'll show them yet that my application of the gyroscope is patentable.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
  • Consider for a final moment, in passing, the mono-rail, the gyroscope.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
  • And the gyroscope demands no overhead construction of any sort.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
  • For there is a gyroscope car already—in fact, several of them.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
  • He said he'd be late as he wants to find something about his gyroscope.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground » by Victor Appleton
  • We have but one means at our disposal, and that is the gyroscope.
  • Extract from : « Artificial and Natural Flight » by Hiram S. Maxim
  • The top that is most useful is the gyroscope top (Fig. 103).
  • Extract from : « The Story of Great Inventions » by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
  • Now Carville, so D'Aubign says, has a head like a gyroscope.
  • Extract from : « Aliens » by William McFee
  • Marquis's mind is like a gyroscope: the faster it spins, the steadier it is.
  • Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley
  • The gyroscope governed their direction as well as their equilibrium.
  • Extract from : « How To Write Special Feature Articles » by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

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