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Meanings of gyroscope in English

Russian
гироскоп
Portuguese
girostato
Spanish
giroscopios
Catalan
giroscòpic
Wikidata

Device for measuring or maintaining orientation and direction.

гироскоп
Portuguese
giroscópio
Catalan
giroscopi

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

giroscópio
Usage of gyroscope in English
1
Although completely alien in design, the construction closely resembled an enormous gyroscope.
Revelation
2
But the marvelous power of the gyroscope would force her back again.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
3
I can't focus my mind in the presence of a human gyroscope.
The Nest Builder: A Novel
4
I guess it's about overriding the creature's internal gyroscope, or navigational mechanism.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
5
And each of those squares has what looks to be a gyroscope.
The hunchback assignments
6
I'll show them yet that my application of the gyroscope is patentable.
The Silent Bullet
7
I've got some great news-simplygreat, and your gyroscope can wait, dad.
Tom Swift in the City of Gold; Or, Marvelous Adventures Undergro...
8
With enough time, frame dragging should move the gyroscope off its original axis.
Wired
9
The gyroscope stabilizer worked to perfection under the most disadvantageous conditions.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
10
It's an extremely low-cost device that has an accelerometer gyroscope built into it.
Wired
11
A micro-controller operates using three sensors -a gyroscope and two pressure sensors.
Wired
12
Then, when Magnus's fury was at its highest, the gyroscope began to turn.
The hunchback assignments
13
Going wobbly like a gyroscope at the end of its revolutions.
The strain
14
It has a gyroscope -so it sort of stabilizes itself.
Wired
15
When my gyroscope worked fairly well, I presume Lieutenant Larson was professionally jealous.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
16
The filaments around her grew dull and the gyroscope slowed to a stop.
The hunchback assignments
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