"gyroscope" Definition

Definitions for the word "gyroscope" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Rotating wheel whose axis is free to turn but maintains a fixed direction unless perturbed, esp. Used for stabilization or with the compass in an aircraft, ship, etc.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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