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gyroscope
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gy·ro·scope
/ ˈjīrəˌskōp/
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n.
a device consisting of a wheel or disk mounted so that it can spin rapidly about an axis that is itself free to alter in direction. The orientation of the axis is not affected by tilting of the mounting; so gyroscopes can be used to provide stability or maintain a reference direction in navigation systems, automatic pilots, and stabilizers.
DERIVATIVES:
gy·ro·scop·ic
/ ˌjīrəˈskäpik/ adj.
gy·ro·scop·i·cal·ly
/ ˌjīrəˈskäpik(ə)lē/ adv.
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Gyroscopes Spin up in Video Games and Cell Phones.
M2 Presswire; 8/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...This will cause gyroscope revenue in these...global market for gyroscopes used in consumer...gyroscopes. Tri-axis gyroscopes, a must for gaming...package 3-axis gyroscope solution today...of the consumer gyroscope market by 2013...offering multi-axis gyroscopes and even ...
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Gyroscope flaws: Hubble spins its wheels. (electrical glitches plague the Hubble Space Telescope)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/10/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...circuit on one of the gyroscopes ceased working. Researchers...longer measure the gyroscope's rate of rotation...spacecraft needs only three gyroscopes for orienting itself...running through a third gyroscope suddenly increased...advance - to replace the gyroscopes before any other ...
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A Detailed Analysis of MEMS Gyroscope Applications: Covering Main Providers, Research Groups and Manufacturers.
M2 Presswire; 9/11/2008; 649 words
; ...providers in the MEMS gyroscope space, including...applications where MEMS gyroscopes are being used...evaluating MEMS gyroscopes - market volume...information on the MEMS gyroscope manufacturers...Brief History of Gyroscopes - Gyroscope Performance Grades...
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Analog Devices Introduces First Programmable MEMS Gyroscope.
Business Wire; 6/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...iSensor Gyroscope The ADIS16250 gyroscope builds on the ADIS1620x family...ADIS16250 is the first MEMS gyroscope to provide both digital range...significant barrier to integrating gyroscopes into industrial systems...and output filtering. The gyroscope output is pre-calibrated...
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CONCEPT PATENT GRANTED TO GYRATION FOR ITS GYROSCOPE-BASED CURSOR CONTROL
PR Newswire; 10/2/1995; 700+ words
; ...based miniature gyroscope based on optics designed...device that uses gyroscope technology. Gyroscopes internally sense...movement. Today, most gyroscope users are in aviation...naval industries -- gyroscopes are what keep airplanes...
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This report reviews, analyzes and sizes the MEMS Accelerometer and Gyroscope Market.
M2 Presswire; 6/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...and Applications -Price - Gyroscopes Additional Information - Gyroscope Technologies -Gyroscopes versus Accelerometers...2007 -Accelerometer and Gyroscope combine -MEMS Accelerometers -MEMS Gyroscopes -Maker's Ranking Position...
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Russian firm sold 800 missile gyroscopes to Iraq in 1995, group says
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/13/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...capital Baghdad in 1995. The gyroscopes were delivered in violation...missile components, such as the gyroscopes, which are used to guide...their targets. After the gyroscope deal was first reported more...from Russia, but said the gyroscopes were exported without government...
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Russian Missile Gyroscopes Were Sold to Iraq; Smuggling Spotlights Holes in Moscow's Defense-Industrial Complex
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/12/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...electronic guidance systems, including gyroscopes that keep the missiles on course to...investigators have traced the means by which 30 gyroscopes from disassembled missiles in Sergiyev...violation of U.N. sanctions. The gyroscopes were transferred through middlemen and...
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Research and Markets: MEMS Gyroscope Market Is Expected To Reach 800M$ In 2010.
Business Wire; 7/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...it extended its gyroscope product range to...producing MEMS gyroscopes. The 15 others...Over the scope of gyroscope uses, it is expected...tenth of millions gyroscopes shipments as well...application range of MEMS gyroscopes on the 2005-2010...players in the MEMS gyroscope industry ...
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Space Rescue for Hubble Weighed; Shuttle Flight to Fix Gyroscopes May Cost NASA a Trip to Repair Vision
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/31/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...The telescope's gyroscopes are used to control...part of the sky. The gyroscope problem comes on top...routinely used four gyroscopes and kept two as spares...spacecraft, that a gyroscope generally would operate...the Hubble on three gyroscopes and keeping one in...
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Gyroscopes
Book article from: Space Sciences
...Observatory because a gyroscope had failed in...had two working gyroscopes, but NASA was...development of new gyroscope technology. The major change in gyroscopes since their discovery...Nonetheless, gyroscope units used in...
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Gyroscope
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Gyroscope Background The gyroscope is a familiar toy that is deceptively...gyrostabilizer that used a two-frame gyroscope in 1915. The roll of a ship on...during World War II, two-frame gyroscopes were paired with three-frame instruments...
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gyroscope
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...tapering point. The modern gyroscope was developed in the first...became possible to rotate the gyroscope's wheel at desired speeds...with the precession. Large gyroscopes are used in ship stabilizers to counteract rolling. The gyroscope is the nucleus of most automatic...
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Automatic pilot
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...had experimented with the gyroscope and found that it tended to...Thus, he reasoned, the gyroscope could be used as a compass...in 1912. It used a single gyroscope that, like all spinning masses...course from information via gyroscopes and from calculations accounting...
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Elmer A. Sperry
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Sperry became interested in using gyroscopes to provide stability to moving...If you try to tip a spinning gyroscope, it will turn to one side in a...created a company to specialize in gyroscopes. Over the next 20 years Sperry...
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