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gyroscope

[jahy-ruh-skohp] / ˈdʒaɪ rəˌskoʊp /
NOUN
gyro
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This time, a human gyroscope leads the way.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Rare-earth elements are mostly used to make high-powered magnets — those needed to manufacture a gyroscope for a fighter jet, for example.

From MarketWatch Oct. 30, 2025

The agency is now invoking a contingency plan: a “one-gyro” mode that keeps the other functioning gyroscope in reserve.

From Science Magazine Jun. 4, 2024

A chip fixed on a gyroscope inside the ball sends data 500 times per second to record the point at which it is kicked.

From Washington Times Nov. 15, 2023

Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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