Meaning gyrostat
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gyrostat


instrument for illustrating the dynamics of rotation, 1868, from gyro- + -stat.
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gyrostat


Rapidly rotating wheel that is constrained about either its vertical or its horizontal axis. It thus has two degrees, only, of freedom.
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