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gyroscopy

gyroscopy noun: the use of the gyroscope.

Noun

gyroscopy (uncountable)

  1. The use of the gyroscope.

Origin of gyroscopy

From gyro- + -scopy.

Questions about gyroscopy

What does gyroscopy mean?
Gyroscopy means the use of the gyroscope.
What part of speech is gyroscopy?
Gyroscopy is a noun.

Words near gyroscopy in the dictionary

  1. gyroscopic compasses
  2. gyroscopic stabilizer
  3. gyroscopic stabilizers
  4. gyroscopically
  5. gyroscopics
  6. gyroscopy
  7. gyrose
  8. gyrosecant
  9. gyrosecants
  10. gyrosensor
  11. gyrosensors

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