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gyroscope

/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˌskəʊp/US/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˌskoʊp/

gyroscope noun: 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.

gyroscope: an apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of...
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Noun

gyroscope (plural gyroscopes)

  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

gyroscope meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Tagalog and Arabic

gyroscope in Tamil

apparatus
சுழல்காட்டி cuḻalkāṭṭi

gyroscope in Urdu

گردش نما

gyroscope in Tagalog

apparatus
halintigal

gyroscope in Arabic

apparatus
جَيْرُوسْكُوب jayrūskūb
More languagesFewer languages
gyroscope in Malay
gegasing, giroskop
gyroscope in Indonesian
giroskop

Forms of gyroscope

pluralgyroscopes

Plural of gyroscope: gyroscopes

Origin of 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”).

Words formed from gyroscope

Phrases with gyroscope

Questions about gyroscope

What does gyroscope mean?
Gyroscope means 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.
What is gyroscope in Tamil?
Gyroscope in Tamil is சுழல்காட்டி (cuḻalkāṭṭi). See Gyroscope meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gyroscope?
Gyroscope is a noun.
How do you pronounce gyroscope?
Gyroscope is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˌskəʊp/ (UK).
What is the plural of gyroscope?
The plural of gyroscope is gyroscopes.

Words near gyroscope in the dictionary

  1. gyrorotation
  2. gyrorotations
  3. gyros
  4. gyroscale
  5. gyroscales
  6. gyroscope
  7. gyroscope compass
  8. gyroscope compasses
  9. gyroscopes
  10. gyroscopic
  11. gyroscopic compass

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gyroscope (page history and authors); gyroscope (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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