gyroscope
device for measuring or maintaining orientation and direction
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toy designed to spin rapidly on the ground, the motion of which causes it to remain precisely balanced on its tip because of its rotational inertia
vibrating structure gyroscope
gyroscope that uses a vibrating structure to determine the rate of rotation. A vibrating structure gyroscope functions much like the halteres of flies
fiber-optic gyroscope
gyroscope that uses fiber optics and light interference
ring laser gyroscope
laser interferometer designed to measure angular velocity
heading indicator
flight instrument used in an aircraft to inform the pilot of the aircraft's heading
Foucault gyroscopes
experiment in 1852 to demonstrate the Earth's rotation
quantum gyroscope
device used for orientation based on quantum mechanics
turn and slip indicator
flight instrument