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Synonyms for gyro

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jahy-roh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒaɪ roʊ

Définition of gyro

Origin :
  • sandwich made from roasted lamb, late 20c., originally the meat itself, as roasted on a rotating spit, from Modern Greek gyros "a circle" (see gyre); mistaken in English for a plural and shorn of its -s.
  • noun gyrator
Example sentences :
  • Why, even the gyro compass has to be adjusted for latitude error.
  • Extract from : « Where the Blue Begins » by Christopher Morley
  • Without a gyro to keep the drive upright, I took a loop and started heading for the ground.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • Engines of Gilgamesh will not be used except for the heat-disposal and gyro auxiliaries.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Kafoozalum » by Pauline Ashwell
  • There should be approximately one minute before the major color changes began, which was also the minimum time for gyro run up.
  • Extract from : « Far from Home » by J.A. Taylor
  • Others were large lumps from the computer-banks, gyro platform, fuel pumps, and other more massive components.
  • Extract from : « Pushbutton War » by Joseph P. Martino
  • He didn't want to answer, and he stayed on the roof securing the gyro and plugging in its battery-charger.
  • Extract from : « Waste Not, Want » by Dave Dryfoos
  • I'll bet when its body tilted over, the 112 brain wasn't sure whether the gyro would keep it from being wrecked.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X » by Victor Appleton
  • The officer of the watch turned aside for a moment from the gyro across which he had been sighting.
  • Extract from : « Sea-Hounds » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • No gyro is perfect, and if you can get it bouncing back and forth in extreme turns, it will be thrown out of balance.
  • Extract from : « Sabotage in Space » by Carey Rockwell
  • He started the gyro motors, got the great wheels to spinning, and thus stopped the slow, end-over-end turning of the flier.
  • Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson

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