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gyroscope noun. M19.
[French, formed as GYRO-, -SCOPE.]
A wheel or disc mounted so that it can spin rapidly about an axis which itself can rotate about either of two other axes perpendicular to it and to each other; because the spin axis tends to maintain the same direction in space gyroscopes are used in different devices to provide stabilization or a reference direction, and to measure angular velocity and acceleration.
gyro'scopic adjective of, pertaining to, or employing a gyroscope L19.
gyro'scopically adverb by or with a gyroscope; in a gyroscopic manner: E20.