gyroscope

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Gyroskop

Kreisel

🔝

Kreiselgerät

Kreiselinstrument

Kreiselinstrumen

Kreiselapparat

Synonyme

gyro

gyrostat

eddy

rotator

spinning top

teetotum

top

🔝

whipping top

gyrator

gyrocompas

klinostat

whip top

gyro instrument

gyroscopic apparatus

clinostat

GS

dust devil

Übersetzungen

gyroscope

giroscopio

gyroscoop

γυροσκόπιο

giroscopio

giroscópio

giróscopo

giroscopi

gyroscopium

jiroskop

trompo

topaç

جيروسكوب

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).