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gyroscope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˌskəʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˌskoʊp/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gew-der. Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)lbor. French gyro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. French -scope French gyroscopebor. English gyroscope 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”).

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service. 2022 March 23, “Network News: Hitachi on-train track monitoring trial expands to Scottish routes”, in RAIL, number 953, page 13:

Forms

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Deriveds

gyroscopic · microgyroscope · gyroscopic stabilizer · gyroscope compass

Relateds

gyrocompass · INS · gyroscopy · lasergyro · gyro

Translations (32)

cmn 迴轉儀 /回转仪 (apparatus) · ms gegasing (apparatus) · es giroscopio (apparatus) · de Gyroskop (apparatus) · fr gyroscope (apparatus) · gl xiroscopio (apparatus) · ta சுழல்காட்டி (apparatus) · da gyroskop (apparatus) · is snúður (apparatus) · sv gyroskop (apparatus) · tr jiroskop (apparatus) · sl žiroskop (apparatus) · ia gyroscopio (apparatus) · it giroscopio (apparatus) · ru гироско́п (apparatus) · cs gyroskop (apparatus) · hu giroszkóp (apparatus) · fi gyroskooppi (apparatus) · nl gyroscoop (apparatus) · yue 陀螺儀 /陀螺仪 (apparatus) · ca giroscopi (apparatus) · id giroskop (apparatus) · ar جَيْرُوسْكُوب (apparatus) · pl żyroskop (apparatus) · el γυροσκόπιο (apparatus) · ms giroskop (apparatus) · ja ジャイロスコープ (apparatus) · is snúðvísir (apparatus) · tl halintigal (apparatus) · ko 자이로스코프 (apparatus) · pt giroscópio (apparatus) · cmn 陀螺儀 /陀螺仪 (apparatus)

wikipedia: Leon Foucault