Crossword-Solution: GYROSCOPE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Gyroscope | n. | 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. |
| Gyroscope | n. | 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. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “GYROSCOPE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ring-mounted wheel | 1 answer |
| gyrostat | 1 answer |
| DIRECTION-maintaining rotating wheel mounted in ring | 1 answer |
| Device with a rotating wheel | 1 answer |
| EQUILIBRIUM-maintaining rotating wheel mounted in ring | 1 answer |
| Equilibrium maintainer | 1 answer |
| FLYWHEEL | 1 answer |
| Physics-lab spinner | 1 answer |
| ROTATING wheel mounted in ring with axis free to turn in any direction | 1 answer |
| SOLID rotating wheel mounted in ring with axis free to turn in any direction | 1 answer |
| Spaceship stabilizer | 1 answer |
| WHEEL free from disturbing forces | 1 answer |
| rotating wheel | 2 answers |
| gyro | 2 answers |
| GIMBALS | 2 answers |
| Rocket part. | 6 answers |
| rotator | 15 answers |
| Navigation aid | 18 answers |
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Sentences with GYROSCOPE (5)
Furthermore it is stated to be fitted with a small gyroscope in the manner of the torpedo used in the seas, for the purpose of maintaining direction during flight, but upon this point there is considerable divergence of opinion among technicians, the general idea being that the torpedo depends upon an application of the principle of the ordinary rocket rather than upon a small engine such as is fitted to the ordinary torpedo.
Gyroscope--A heavy circular wheel revolving at high speed, the effect of which is a tendency to maintain its plane of rotation against disturbing forces.
Swift was getting too old, now, to do much, though he had a pet invention--that of a gyroscope--on which he worked from time to time.
Tom went back to his labors over the gyroscope problem, but he could arrive at no satisfactory conclusion, and, tossing aside the papers, covered with intricate figures, he exclaimed: "Oh, I'm going for a walk! This thing is getting on my nerves." He strolled through the Shopton streets, and as he reached the outskirts of the town, he saw just ahead of him the figure of a girl.
But the fellow I suspect is that young army officer who got huffy because you wouldn't explain all about your equalizing gyroscope, or stabilizer." "Oh--you mean him?" gasped the aviator.
Quotes with GYROSCOPE (3)
You can be sunk low or as a skunk and still have a joy in your heart. Joy lives like one of those spinning things---a gyroscope in your heart. It doesn't seem to have any connection to circumstance, good or bad.
The hero acts alone, without encouragement, relying solely on conviction and his own inner resources. Shame does not discourage him; neither does obloquy. Indifferent to approval, reputation, wealth, or love, he cherishes only his personal sense of honor, which he permits no one else to judge.[…] Guided by an inner gyroscope, he pursues his vision single-mindedly, undiscouraged by rejections, defeat, or even the prospect of imminent death.
Now here's the thing about being a little off-center; you're never sure if you're a bona fide loon or if you have insight that other people don't have. You have to navigate through life using a kind of psychic gyroscope to keep from falling too far one way or another, and you feel a peculiar kinship with other people who are also a little bit off-center.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1995–2010).