释义 |
ˈrotascope [f. L. rota wheel: see -scope.] A kind of gyroscope.
1832W. R. Johnson in Silliman's Jrnl. XXI. 265 Description of an Apparatus called the Rotascope, for exhibiting several phenomena and illustrating certain laws of rotary motion. 1873Spon's Dict. Engin. vii. 2440 The gyroscope or rotascope, an instrument illustrating the tendency of rotating bodies to preserve their plane of rotation. |