亚洲网紅露点

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gyroscope

[ jahy-ruh-skohp ]

noun

  1. an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.


gyroscope

/ 藢d蕭a瑟r蓹藞sk蓲p瑟k; 藞d蕭a瑟r蓹藢sk蓹蕣p /

noun

  1. a device containing a disc rotating on an axis that can turn freely in any direction so that the disc resists the action of an applied couple and tends to maintain the same orientation in space irrespective of the movement of the surrounding structure Sometimes shortened togyro
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gyroscope

  1. An instrument consisting of a heavy disk or wheel spun rapidly about an axis like a top. The angular momentum of the disk causes it to resist changes in the direction of its axis of rotation, due to the principle of conservation of angular momentum. Because of the gyroscope's tendency to remain oriented in one direction, it is used as a stabilizing device in missiles, as well as in the navigation and piloting systems of airplanes, ships, rockets, and other vehicles.
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Derived Forms

  • gyroscopic, adjective
  • 藢驳测谤辞藞蝉肠辞辫颈肠蝉, noun
  • 藢驳测谤辞藞蝉肠辞辫颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳测路谤辞路蝉肠辞辫路颈肠 [jahy-r, uh, -, skop, -ik], adjective
  • 驳测顎卹辞路蝉肠辞辫顎僫路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gyroscope1

First recorded in 1855鈥60; borrowed from the French word gyroscope, a combination of gyro- ( Greek 驳欧谤辞蝉 meaning 鈥渞ing, circle鈥) + -scope ( New Latin -scopium, from Greek 蝉办辞辫别卯苍 meaning 鈥渢o look at鈥). It was coined by French physicist L茅on Foucault in 1852, and so named because the purpose of a gyroscope is to show the rotation of the earth through the observation of a wheel on its axis.
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Quantum clocks, gyroscopes and accelerometers are large, bulky and incredibly expensive, with an accurate quantum clock costing around 拢100,000.

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The study, titled "City bus seat vibration analysis using 6-axis accelerometer and gyroscope sensors," was recently published in leading science journal, Nature.

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Hubble鈥檚 gyroscopes, which spin at 19,200 revolutions per minute, are extremely precise but finicky.

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Known as piezoelectricity, the ability to trade between mechanical stress and electric charge can be harnessed widely in capacitors, actuators, transducers and sensors like accelerometers and gyroscopes for next-generation electronics.

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Researchers have built a prototype fiber optic gyroscope for high resolution, real-time monitoring of ground rotations caused by earthquakes in the active volcanic area of Campi Flegrei in Naples, Italy.

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