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noun

Gyroscope 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.

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.

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Etymology of 'Gyroscope'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... an inventor, as was his father before him. But Mr. Swift was getting too old, now, to do much, though he had a pet invention—that of a gyroscope—on which he worked from time to time. Tom lived with his father in the village of Shopton, in New York state. His mother was dead, but a housekeeper, named Mrs. Baggert, looked after the wants of ...

— Tom Swift and his Air Glider - or, Seeking the Platinum Treasure • Victor Appleton

Words linked to "Gyroscope" : gyro, gyroscopic, gyrostabiliser, gyrocompass, gyrostabilizer, rotating mechanism