How to pronounce gyroscope
American English pronunciation
JY-ruh-skohp
- IPA
- /ˈdʒaɪɹəˌskoʊp/
- Syllables
- JY · ruh · skohp (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gyroscope means
A spinning wheel in a frame that keeps ships steady
In a sentence: The gyroscope kept spinning upright on the tip of a pencil, as if by magic.
Where it comes from: The French scientist Leon Foucault named it in 1852, from Greek words for circle and watcher.
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