| 单词 | gyroscopic compass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgyroscopic compass Pertaining to or of the nature of the gyroscope; rotatory. Also gyroscopic compass = gyro-compass n.; gyroscopic couple (see quot. 19592). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [adjective] > relating to gyroscope gyroscopic1871 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > types of paradoxal compass1558 steering compass1669 variation compass1669 correcting compass1821 telltale1828 pelorus1854 liquid compass1865 gyroscope-compass1909 gyro-compass1910 radio compass1912 gyro1914 gyroscopic compass1920 inductor compass1922 gyro-pilot1923 induction compass1925 astrocompass1942 flux gate compass1946 1871 Cornhill Mag. 24 451 Since travelling-machines must travel swiftly, the gyroscopic portion of the machine may be made to support itself. 1888 Engineer LXVI. 364/2 The bearings are of great length and large diameter to stand the gyroscopic action which occurs in a heavy sea on board ship. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 5/1 The second patent is described as ‘A new system of Projectiles—styled gyroscopic Projectiles’. 1907 Standard 23 Mar. Dr. Schlick's gyroscopic apparatus for steadying ships. 1920 T. W. Chalmers (title) The gyroscopic compass. 1928 A. L. Rawlings (title) Theory of the gyroscopic compass and its deviations. 1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 2 The other dynamic force present in the spin, is the gyroscopic couple, due to the gyroscopic force of the propeller. 1948 A. C. Hardy Mod. Marine Engin. III. xvi. 149 The gyroscopic compass operates by the rotation of the earth and the pull of gravity. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 183 The inner-directed man—the nineteenth-century businessman would be a prototype—is essentially self-directed, ‘gyroscopic’, production-minded, set for life from early childhood in pursuit of certain built-in goals. 1959 J. L. Nayler Dict. Aeronaut. Engin. 126 Gyroscopic couple, the turning moment which resists any alteration of the inclination of the axis of rotation of a gyroscope. Gyroscopic couples are produced, for instance, by propellers when the plane of rotation is changed, e.g. as in a pull-out, or a spin. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics v. 204 The probe was fitted with an orientation system that included optical and gyroscopic pickups. < as lemmas |
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