How to Use gyroscope in a Sentence

gyroscope

noun
  • 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
  • But at that time, most gyroscopes were for transportation.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • However, in the 15 years since then, three of the six gyroscopes have failed.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • Larger-sized units like ring-laser gyroscopes have been around since the 1970s.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Feb. 2025
  • It is equipped with a six-axis gyroscope and supports motion control.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Click on the gyroscope icon, the drone will fly according to the gravity of the mobile phone.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 6 Apr. 2021
  • To some in the Thrones fandom, the gyroscope is a harbinger of how the series will end.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2018
  • As the gyroscope turns, the standing wave stays in place like a magnet compass needle pointing north.
    New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Goddard once used a bicycle wheel to show funding agencies how gyroscopes could help steer rockets in space.
    Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • As a result, the space agency has just two fully functional gyroscopes.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • What is missing is the gyroscope found in the original Siri Remote and was used for playing games.
    Dwight Silverman, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • Bolt’s gadgetry packs a light sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, compass and more, and its battery lasts for just over four hours of play.
    Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Sandlin says cats could use the gyroscope effect of their inner ear parts—similar to what humans have—combined with their visual sense.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The gyroscope steadies the wearer’s hand by countering the motion, like a spinning top trying to keep upright.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Launched in 1990, Hubble has had trouble with its gyroscopes before.
    Marcia Dunn, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
  • 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
  • For instance, technology like the gyroscope (a component found in every phone) can measure the angle users hold their phones.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2017
  • But, like, a fake pilot training course where the women just have to answer simple math questions, go in a gyroscope, and complete an obstacle course.
    Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 7 Jan. 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
  • The Joy-Con controllers have a gyroscope that is extremely sensitive to movement.
    Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • Each package is about the size of a silver dollar and contains an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer.
    Casey Weaver, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Madrigal, the team's captain as well as its gyroscope, wouldn't bite, either, on his way to the bus while graciously signing autographs and posing for selfies.
    Ron Richmond For The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 8 June 2018
  • This taps into the accelerometer and gyroscope of the AirPods and the device it is connected to.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 22 June 2020

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