gyroscopically
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a word derived from
gyroscope.
gyroscopenounan apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
Example Sentences
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A dancer spins on his back gyroscopically, his legs spiraling in the air.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Deborah has employees, who make a kind of family, most notably her gyroscopically even-keeled COO and factotum Marcus, played by Carl Clemons-Hopkins.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2021
The U.S. built unmanned, gyroscopically stabilized biplanes during WW I, though it never put one in the field.
From Time ● Jan. 31, 2013
Since Tiros I spins like a top, it is gyroscopically stabilized, keeping its axis pointed in a single direction as it circles the earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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All we need is the seats—they are to be special air-inflated gyroscopically controlled seats, to make it impossible for a sudden twist of the ship to put the strain in the wrong direction.
From The Black Star Passes by John Wood Campbell