GYROCOMPASS


Meaning of GYROCOMPASS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjī-rō-ˌkəm-pəs also ]

-ˌkäm- noun

Date: 1910

: a compass consisting of a continuously driven gyroscope whose spinning axis is confined to a horizontal plane so that the earth's rotation causes it to assume a position parallel to the earth's axis and thus point to the true north

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