GYROSCOPE
\d͡ʒˈa͡ɪɹəskˌə͡ʊp], \dʒˈaɪɹəskˌəʊp], \dʒ_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_s_k_ˌəʊ_p]\
Definitions of GYROSCOPE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
By Princeton University
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rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.
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A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.
By Oddity Software
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A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.
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A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.
By Noah Webster.
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An instrument consisting of a heavy-rimmed flywheel mounted in a ring so as to move freely in one or more directions, be acted upon by varying forces, and thus demonstrate the laws of rotary bodies, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An apparatus, consisting of a rotating disc mounted by very accurately fitted pivots in a ring or rings, also rotating in different ways, for illustrating various properties of rotation and the composition of rotations. By means of this instrument the rotation of the earth on its axis can be ocularly demonstrated.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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j[=i]'ro-sk[=o]p, n. an instrument for the exhibition of various properties of rotation, and the composition of rotations.--adj. GYROSCOP'IC. [Gr. gyros, a circle, skopein, to see.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Henry Percy Smith
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