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Synonyms for gyrostat

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jahy-ruh-stat

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒaɪ rəˌstæt

Définition of gyrostat

Origin : 1879, from gyro- + Greek statos "placed, standing," from PIE root *sta- (see stet).

As in gyro : noun gyrator

Example sentences :

But now remove the gyrostat from the frame, and set the wheel in rotation.
Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray

There is, however, a great difference between the earth and the gyrostat.
Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry

Here is a gyrostat (Fig. 23) something like the earth in shape, and it is at rest.
Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry

It is not precessing, so you know that the weight W just balances the gyrostat F.
Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry

Now close observation will give you a simple rule about the behaviour of a gyrostat.
Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry

The gyrostat is now replaced on its pivots in the frame, with its axis vertical, and moved about as it was before.
Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray

Figure 15 shows one form of gyrostat mounted on a horizontal frame, held in the hands of an experimenter.
Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray

At present the balance-weight is so placed that the gyrostat would fall if it were not spinning.
Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry

In fact, the microscope and all other objects in the room are going round the gyrostat frame.
Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry

In the theoretical discussion of the general motion General motion of a gyrostat rolling on a plane.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 » by Various

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