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gyrobus

gyrobus noun: an electric bus which stores energy in a flywheel rotating at high speeds (up to 3000 RPM) rather than batteries.

gyrobus: an electric bus which stores energy in a flywheel rotating at high speeds (up to 3000 RPM) rather...
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Noun

gyrobus (plural gyrobuses)

  1. (historical) An electric bus which stores energy in a flywheel rotating at high speeds (up to 3000 RPM) rather than batteries.
  2. A flying bus.
    • The gyrobus touched down on the commercial side of the spaceport, not far from a row of hangars where several shuttles were parked.2007 December, Allen Steele, “Galaxy Blues”, in Asimov's Science Fiction, volume 31, number 12, →ISSN, page 102

Forms of gyrobus

pluralgyrobuses

Origin of gyrobus

From gyro- (“spinning motion”) + bus.

Questions about gyrobus

What does gyrobus mean?
Gyrobus means an electric bus which stores energy in a flywheel rotating at high speeds (up to 3000 RPM) rather than batteries.
What part of speech is gyrobus?
Gyrobus is a noun.
What is the plural of gyrobus?
The plural of gyrobus is gyrobuses.

Words near gyrobus in the dictionary

  1. gyrobicupola
  2. gyrobifastigia
  3. gyrobifastigium
  4. gyrobifastigiums
  5. gyrobirotunda
  6. gyrobus
  7. gyrobuses
  8. gyrocab
  9. gyrocabs
  10. gyrocar
  11. gyrocars

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