gyrostaticadj.
/dʒʌɪərəˈstatɪk/ Pertaining to the gyrostat or gyrostatics; connected with the dynamical theory that a rotating body tends to maintain its plane of rotation.
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gyrostatic1879
1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §345 Let the fly wheels be set each into sufficiently rapid rotation to fulfil the conditions of gyrostatic domination.
1892 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. (1893) 283 Gyrostatic action of armatures. Owing to gyrostatic action a rotating armature resists any change of direction of its axis.
Compounds
gyrostatic compass n. = gyro-compass n. at gyro n.1 Compounds.
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1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 44/1 A gyrostatic compass.
Derivatives
gyroˈstatically adv.
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gyrostatically1879
1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §345 When all the quantities..are of the same sign it is easy to find the conditions that must be fulfilled in order that the system may be gyrostatically dominated.
1891 Athenæum 19 Dec. 837/2 The Equations of Propagation of Disturbances in Gyrostatically-loaded Media.
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