gyrostabilizer

  • 1gyrostabilizer — [jī΄rō stā′bə līz΄ər] n. a device consisting of a gyroscope spinning in a vertical plane, used to stabilize the side to side rolling of a ship, spacecraft, etc …

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  • 2gyrostabilizer — giroskopinis stabilizatorius statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. gyroscopic stabilizer; gyrostabilizer vok. Stabilisierungskreisel, m rus. гироскопический стабилизатор, m pranc. gyrostabilisateur, m; stabilisateur gyroscopique, m …

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  • 3gyrostabilizer — noun Date: 1921 a stabilizing device (as for a ship or airplane) that consists of a continuously driven gyro spinning about a vertical axis and pivoted so that its axis of spin may be tipped fore and aft in the vertical plane and that serves to… …

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  • 4gyrostabilizer — /juy reuh stay beuh luy zeuhr/, n. a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel. Also… …

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  • 5gyrostabilizer — noun A device for stabilizing using a gyroscope …

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  • 6gyrostabilizer — noun a gyroscopic device for maintaining the equilibrium of a ship, aircraft, platform, etc. Derivatives gyrostabilized adjective …

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  • 7gyrostabilizer — gy·ro·stabilizer …

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  • 8gyrostabilizer — gy•ro•sta•bi•liz•er [[t]ˌdʒaɪ rəˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪ zər[/t]] n. naut. navig. aer. a device, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope, for stabilizing a seagoing vessel or aircraft by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side. Also called… …

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  • 9gyrostabilizer — n. a gyroscopic device for maintaining the equilibrium of a ship, aircraft, platform, etc …

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  • 10gyrostat — noun see gyrostabilizer …

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