gyroscope

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

gyroscope

Synonymes

gyro

gyrostat

eddy

rotator

spinning top

teetotum

top

🔝

whipping top

gyrator

gyrocompas

klinostat

whip top

gyro instrument

gyroscopic apparatus

clinostat

GS

dust devil

Traductions

giroscopio

Gyroskop

gyroscoop

Kreisel

🔝

γυροσκόπιο

giroscópio

giroscopio

giróscopo

giroscopi

Kreiselgerät

jiroskop

Kreiselinstrument

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Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).