gyroscope

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gyroscope, coined in 1852 by physicist Leon Foucault, equivalent to gyro- +‎ -scope, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”) and σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”).

Noun

gyroscope (plural gyroscopes)

1. an apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

Derived terms

• gyro
• gyrocompass
• gyroscopic
• gyroscopic stabilizer
• lasergyro

 

Related terms

• gyroscopy

Translations

apparatus

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: giroscopi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陀螺儀／陀螺仪 (zh) (tuóluóyí), 陀螺仪 (zh) (tuóluóyí), 迴轉儀／回转仪 (zh), 回转仪 (zh) (huízhuǎnyí)

• Czech: gyroskop (cs) m
• Danish: gyroskop c
• Finnish: gyroskooppi (fi)
• French: gyroscope (fr) m
• Galician: xiroscopio m
• German: Gyroskop (de) n
• Greek: γυροσκόπιο (el) n (gyroskópio)
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• Indonesian: giroskop (id)
• Interlingua: gyroscopio
• Italian: giroscopio (it) m
• Japanese: ジャイロスコープ (jairosukōpu)
• Polish: żyroskop (pl) m
• Portuguese: giroscópio (pt) m
• Russian: гироско́п (ru) m (giroskóp)
• Slovene: žiroskop m
• Spanish: giroscopio (es) m
• Swedish: gyroskop n
• Tagalog: halintigal

See also

• INS

Further reading

• “gyroscope”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• gyroscope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

gyro- +‎ -scope, coined in 1852 by physicist Leon Foucault, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”) and σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁɔs.kɔp/

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Noun

gyroscope m (plural gyroscopes)

1. gyroscope

Derived terms

• gyroscopique
• gyroscopiquement

Further reading

• “gyroscope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.