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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gyroscope \Gy"ro*scope\, n. [Gr. ? ring, circle + -scope.] 1. 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}. 2. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gyroscope n : a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction [syn: {gyro}]
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