VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / gyrostat

Thesaurus: gyrostat

A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating …

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

gyroscopedefinitionattacheddefinitionbodiesdefinitioncasedefinitionconsistingdefinitiondynamicsdefinitionessentiallydefinitionfixeddefinitioninsidedefinitioninstrumentdefinitionmetaldefinitionmodificationdefinitionrigiddefinitionrotatingdefinitionsupportingdefinitionwheeldefinitionflangedefinitionflydefinitionstudyingdefinitionthindefinitiongyrosfamilygyroscopesfamilygyroscopicfamilygyrosefamilygyrostabiliserfamilygyrostabilizerfamilygyrostaticfamilygyrostaticsfamily

Definitions

  1. n. A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.
  2. A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.
  3. A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of afly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thinflange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studyingthe dynamics of rotating bodies.
  4. n. A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.