orientation gyroscope
1gyroscope — [ ʒirɔskɔp ] n. m. • 1852; de gyro et scope ♦ Appareil comprenant un gyrostat et utilisant ses propriétés particulières, dues à la rapidité de son mouvement de rotation (fixité de l orientation de son axe, effet gyroscopique [précession],… …
2Gyroscope (disambiguation) — Gyroscope may refer to: *Operation Gyroscope A program by the US military. *Gyroscope, a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principle of conservation of angular momentum. *Laser gyroscope or Fibre optic gyroscope,… …
3gyroscope — ► NOUN ▪ a device, used to provide stability or maintain a fixed orientation, consisting of a wheel or disc spinning rapidly about an axis which is itself free to alter in direction. DERIVATIVES gyroscopic adjective …
4Gyroscope — A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum [ [http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/Gyroscope/ Gyroscope] by Sándor Kabai, The Wolfram Demonstrations Project.] [… …
5gyroscope — gyroscopic /juy reuh skop ik/, adj. gyroscopically, adv. /juy reuh skohp /, n. 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… …
6Gyroscope — Exemple de gyroscope avec trois degrés de liberté de rotation autour de trois axes. Le rotor (plateau central en rotation) gardera son axe de rotation fixe quelles que soient les orientations des cercles extérieurs. Un gyroscope (du grec… …
7Orientation (geometry) — This article is about the orientation or attitude of an object in space. For orientation as a property in linear algebra, see Orientation (vector space). Changing orientation of a rigid body is the same as rotating the axes of a reference frame… …
8Orientation dans l'espace — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Orientation. L orientation d un objet dans l espace est la manière dont est disposé cet objet, indépendamment de la position de son centre d inertie. Il faut pour cela fixer deux directions relatives à l objet.… …
9gyroscope — noun a device, used to provide stability or maintain a fixed orientation, consisting of a wheel or disc spinning rapidly about an axis which is itself free to alter in direction. Derivatives gyroscopic adjective gyroscopically adverb Origin C19:… …
10Vibrating structure gyroscope — A vibrating structure gyroscope is a type of gyroscope that functions much like the halteres of an insect. The underlying physical principle is that a vibrating object tends to continue vibrating in the same plane as its support rotates. In the… …
