: a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
Recent Examples on the WebUnder the hood, a Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 provides power and the watch features an accelerometer, an altimeter, an ambient light sensor, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and an optical heart rate sensor.—PCMAG, 5 June 2024 The telescope was launched with six ultra-stable gyroscopes, but only three at a time are needed for normal operation.—William Harwood, CBS News, 4 June 2024 This addition could be helpful if the telescope's gyroscope situation worsens.—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 16 May 2024 One of its reaction wheels (a type of gyroscope) malfunctioned after a botched restart from an earlier incident on April 8th.—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 9 May 2024 This feature works by using the different sensors in the Apple Watch such as the accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS, and heart rate monitor.—Oscar Gonzalez / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024 Additionally, devices often have motion-detecting accelerometers or gyroscopes, which sense the device’s position, Greg Potter, PhD, a sleep researcher and wellness speaker from Worcester, England, told Health.—Kristen Fischer, Health, 12 Mar. 2024 Unfortunately during the braking manoeuvre a gyroscope failed, blocking the primary engine.—Laurent Palka, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024 Rather than using lidar, gyroscopes, or infrared sensors to navigate your home, Matic sees like a human being and builds maps of the area on the fly.—Adrienne So, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
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