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Meanings of gyroscopes in English

Russian
гироскоп
Portuguese
girostato
Spanish
giroscopios
Catalan
giroscòpic
Wikidata

Device for measuring or maintaining orientation and direction.

гироскоп
Usage of gyroscopes in English
1
It held the position by spinning gyroscopes for two hours, 33 minutes.
BBC
2
The first one is that it has internal gyroscopes, or their equivalent.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
3
She looked like she might fall over, even with gyroscopes stabilizing her.
Red Planet Blues
4
The cryo pod lay off-kilter in one corner, its gyroscopes leaking fluid.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
5
Butler was lying in an open cryo unit, with its own gyroscopes.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
6
Besides redundancy, three functional gyroscopes also provide more flexibility in pointing, Sembach said.
The Guardian
7
These act as gyroscopes, feeding the critter information about its orientation.
Wired
8
A humming sound filled the air, and the gyroscopes slowly began to revolve.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
9
Altimeters, gyroscopes and accelerometers are three sensors commonly used in devices.
The South African
10
I'm just... well, I've been up all night watching them install the gyroscopes.
Faithfully Yours
11
It incorporated her 3D projection system, was completely soundproof and was mounted on gyroscopes.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
12
You should be able to do this with one of those toy gyroscopes though.
Wired
13
The Discovery astronauts are on a mission to replace six gyroscopes on the telescope.
The Irish Times
14
Mechanical gyroscopes kept the R-12 missile to its assigned path.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
15
The 28-year-old telescope has had trouble with its gyroscopes before.
The Guardian
16
Gnat-sized robots, microscopic gyroscopes, television beamed directly onto your retina.
Wired