Meanings
adjectivegyroscopic (comparative more gyroscopic, superlative most gyroscopic)
comparative more gyroscopic · superlative most gyroscopic
- Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope.
1990 Operations Analysis in the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force in World War II Charles W McArthur: Publisher American Mathematical Society: →ISBN P142. "The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor."
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gew-
- Ancient Greekγῦρος (gûros)
- Frenchgyro-
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Frenchgyroscope
- Englishgyroscope
- Englishgyroscopic
Translations
Catalan giroscòpic
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Czech gyroskopický
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French gyroscopique
- gyroscopiqueTranslations
German gyroskopisch
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Italian giroscopico
- giroscopicoTranslations
Polish żyroskopowy, giroskopowy
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- giroskopowyTranslations
Portuguese giroscópico
- giroscópicoTranslations
Spanish giroscópico
- giroscópicoTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gyroscopic
topicmicroscopicphilanthropicspectroscopictelescopicendoscopictropicmacroscopicectopicpsychotropicatopicmyopicarthroscopicmesoscopicanthropicinotropicmisanthropicpleiotropicfluoroscopicbarotropicadrenocorticotropicpolytropicstroboscopicthixotropic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
gyroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyroscopic
MLA
“gyroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyroscopic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gyroscopic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyroscopic.
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