Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
gyro
gyro-
gyrocompass
gyromagnetic
gyromagnetic ratio
gyron
gyroplane
gyroscope
gyrostabilizer
gyrostat
gyrostatics
gyrus
Gyumri
gyve
gyver
H (1)
H (2)
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

gyrostabilizer
gy·ro·sta·bi·liz·er [ jrō stáyb'l zər ] (plural gy·ro·sta·bi·liz·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
device controlling ship's rolling: a stabilizing system that uses gyroscopes to compensate and reduce the rolling or pitching motion of a ship or aircraft
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft