gyro stat

gyro stat
\\ˈjīrəˌstat\ noun (-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gyr- + -stat

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  • gy|ro|stat — «JY ruh stat», noun. a gyroscope in a rigid case, used to illustrate the dynamics of rotating bodies. ╂[< gyro(scope) + stat] …   Useful english dictionary

  • gyrostat — /juy reuh stat /, n. a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case. [1875 80; GYRO + STAT] * * * …   Universalium

  • gyrostat — /juy reuh stat /, n. a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case. [1875 80; GYRO + STAT] …   Useful english dictionary

  • gyrostat — [ ʒirɔsta ] n. m. • 1901; de gyro et stat ♦ Sc. Solide animé d un mouvement de rotation autour de son axe. ⇒ gyroscope. Application du gyrostat à des fins de stabilisation. ● gyrostat nom masculin Solide (volant, par exemple) animé d un mouvement …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • ORBIS Sinister — apud Stat. l. 7. Theb. v. 220. Lustrantque ex more sinistro Orbe rogum: interior erat seu sinistratio, quô gyrô lustrabant Veteres rogos, in decursionibus sollennibus: cum aras contra dextratione, ut et Aedes, lustrarent, h. e. dextrô interiore… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt/S–Z — Dies ist der fünfte Teil der Liste Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A Teil 2 B–D B; C; D Teil 3 E–K E; F; G; H; I; J; …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • DEXTRATIO — apud Solin. c. 45. ubi de quadriga Rutumannae, relicto, inquit, certamine ad Capitolium prosiluit, nec ante substitit quam Tarpeium Iovem tertiâ dextratione lustraret: motus est seu conversio, quae sit a sinistra ad dextram. Sic enim adorantes… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • gyrostatics — gyrostatic, adj. gyrostatically, adv. /juy reuh stat iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Mech. the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies. [GYRO + STATICS] * * * gyrostatˈics singular noun The science of rotating bodies • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • gyrostabilizer — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • RAF Wickenby — Infobox Airport name = Wickenby Airport nativename = Wickenby Aerodrome nativename a = nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = ICAO = EGNW type = Private owner = operator = Wickenby Aerodrome city served = Langworth location = Holton cum… …   Wikipedia

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