gyroscope

Significat (Anglès)

An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

Conceptes

giroscopi

Sinònims

gyro

gyrostat

eddy

rotator

spinning top

teetotum

top

🔝

whipping top

gyrator

gyrocompas

klinostat

whip top

gyro instrument

gyroscopic apparatus

clinostat

GS

dust devil

Traduccions

gyroscope

Gyroskop

giroscopio

gyroscoop

giroscopio

γυροσκόπιο

Kreisel

🔝

giroscópio

giróscopo

Kreiselgerät

topaç

جيروسكوب

jiroskop

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from French gyroscope, coined in 1852 by physicist Leon Foucault, equivalent to gyro- + -scope, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”) and σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”).