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gyroscopes

gyroscopes is the plural of gyroscope.

Meaning of gyroscope

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

Questions about gyroscopes

What is gyroscopes the plural of?
Gyroscopes is the plural of gyroscope.

Words near gyroscopes in the dictionary

  1. gyroscale
  2. gyroscales
  3. gyroscope
  4. gyroscope compass
  5. gyroscope compasses
  6. gyroscopes
  7. gyroscopic
  8. gyroscopic compass
  9. gyroscopic compasses
  10. gyroscopic stabilizer
  11. gyroscopic stabilizers

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