Synonyms for gyroscope
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jahy-ruh-skohp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒaɪ rəˌskoʊp |
Définition of gyroscope
Origin :- heavy rotating wheel with an axis free to turn in any direction, 1856, invented and named in French 1852 by Foucault, from Greek gyros "circle" (see gyre) + skopos "watcher" (see scope (n.1)), because the device demonstrates that the earth rotates.
- As in gyro : noun gyrator
- I'll show them yet that my application of the gyroscope is patentable.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- Consider for a final moment, in passing, the mono-rail, the gyroscope.
- Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
- And the gyroscope demands no overhead construction of any sort.
- Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
- For there is a gyroscope car already—in fact, several of them.
- Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
- He said he'd be late as he wants to find something about his gyroscope.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground » by Victor Appleton
- We have but one means at our disposal, and that is the gyroscope.
- Extract from : « Artificial and Natural Flight » by Hiram S. Maxim
- The top that is most useful is the gyroscope top (Fig. 103).
- Extract from : « The Story of Great Inventions » by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
- Now Carville, so D'Aubign says, has a head like a gyroscope.
- Extract from : « Aliens » by William McFee
- Marquis's mind is like a gyroscope: the faster it spins, the steadier it is.
- Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley
- The gyroscope governed their direction as well as their equilibrium.
- Extract from : « How To Write Special Feature Articles » by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
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