gyroscope

gyroscope is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.
2. noun. A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.
3. noun. rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction

   Synonyms: gyro

Synonyms

gyro

Common word forms

gyroscopes

Words from these letters

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