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adj
Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
having the characteristics of a gyroscope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gew-der. Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)lbor. French gyro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. French -scope French gyroscopebor. English gyroscope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gyroscopic From gyroscope + -ic.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
