gyrocompass-Kreiselkompass: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is gyrocompass? gyrocompass is Kreiselkompass

What is Kreiselkompass?

  • A compass with a motorized gyroscope whose angular momentum interacts with the force produced by the earth's rotation to maintain a north-south orientation of the gyroscopic spin axis, thereby providing a stable directional reference.

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