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Grammar : Noun
Spell : jahy-ruh-stat
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒaɪ rəˌstæt



Définition of gyrostat

Origin :
  • 1879, from gyro- + Greek statos "placed, standing," from PIE root *sta- (see stet).
  • As in gyro : noun gyrator
Example sentences :
  • But now remove the gyrostat from the frame, and set the wheel in rotation.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray
  • There is, however, a great difference between the earth and the gyrostat.
  • Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
  • Here is a gyrostat (Fig. 23) something like the earth in shape, and it is at rest.
  • Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
  • It is not precessing, so you know that the weight W just balances the gyrostat F.
  • Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
  • Now close observation will give you a simple rule about the behaviour of a gyrostat.
  • Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
  • The gyrostat is now replaced on its pivots in the frame, with its axis vertical, and moved about as it was before.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray
  • Figure 15 shows one form of gyrostat mounted on a horizontal frame, held in the hands of an experimenter.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray
  • At present the balance-weight is so placed that the gyrostat would fall if it were not spinning.
  • Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
  • In fact, the microscope and all other objects in the room are going round the gyrostat frame.
  • Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
  • In the theoretical discussion of the general motion General motion of a gyrostat rolling on a plane.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 » by Various

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