How to Use gyroscope in a Sentence

gyroscope

noun
Definition of gyroscopenext
  • This was a great place to hone one’s inner gyroscope, and these were great cars to do it in.
    — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2018
  • However, in the 15 years since then, three of the six gyroscopes have failed.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • To some in the Thrones fandom, the gyroscope is a harbinger of how the series will end.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2018
  • Click on the gyroscope icon, the drone will fly according to the gravity of the mobile phone.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Many come in the form of a brace or a sports bra, but some are electronic devices, gyroscopes, or magnets that attach to the spine.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Health, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Atlantis II, which featured a swimming pool on a gyroscope so that the water would not slosh in heavy seas.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Nuzzo got up, but O’Malley backed him into the cage with a right side-kick and finished him with a gyroscope-quick, spinning wheel-kick.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2021
  • What is missing is the gyroscope found in the original Siri Remote and was used for playing games.
    — Dwight Silverman, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • In any case, the best swinging robot out there at the moment is one made of just Legos and a gyroscope, which can twirl around its bar like a gymnast.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2017
  • A slight glitch so far: Gizmo has a gyroscope inside that keeps the iPad balanced over the pole and wheels and the robot appears to bob slightly forward and back.
    — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 19 June 2017
  • This taps into the accelerometer and gyroscope of the AirPods and the device it is connected to.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 22 June 2020
  • At the same time, this magnetic field causes the spin of the muons to precess smoothly like a gyroscope, as the particles travel around the ring, but with a small wobble.
    — Marcela Carena, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
  • These smart swim goggles count your laps, pace, and even strokes per lap using a built in accelerometer and gyroscope.
    — Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • The first autopilot system, which involved connecting a gyroscope to the wings and tail of a plane, débuted in 1914, about a decade after the Wright brothers took flight.
    — The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The spacecrafts’ gyroscopes are small spinning wheels that work to rotate the telescope and keep it stable while observing.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2018
  • There's a camera, a magnetometer, and a gyroscope on-board.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2017
  • It is equipped with a six-axis gyroscope and supports motion control.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Even the gyroscope of a compromised smartphone can pick up sounds even if the malware can't access its microphone.
    — Andy Greenberg, Wired, 12 June 2020
  • The team devised a bike with a minimal trail and with discs that rotate in the opposite direction of its wheels to cancel the gyroscope effect.
    — Gillian Conahan, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2012
  • Launched in 1990, Hubble has had trouble with its gyroscopes before.
    — Marcia Dunn, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
  • 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
  • The monitoring apps use the phone’s GPS, gyroscope, and motion-detection chips to figure out when the phone was in a moving car and whether its touchscreen was being used.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • Then the ball, spinning like a gyroscope, suddenly hung a sharp left turn and crossed into fair territory.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • As a result, the space agency has just two fully functional gyroscopes.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • One solution, Hudnut says, is to look for a watch that also has a gyroscope, which helps track changes in motion, irrespective of GPS.
    — Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The always-whirling Mr. Trump is capable of spinning himself off his gyroscope.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 27 June 2018
  • A couple of days before the concert, Bowie attended a Rockettes performance at Radio City — one of the performers was lowered to the stage from the rafters on a gyroscope.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 July 2023
  • The Joy-Con controllers have a gyroscope that is extremely sensitive to movement.
    — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • In what appears to be a clear competitor to Life Alert, the Series 4 detects falls using a new accelerometer and gyroscope.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2018
  • Almost all of these service disruptions have resulted from a failing gyroscope, a device that controls the direction in which the telescope is pointed and measures its turning rate.
    — Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024

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