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gürokompass

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ID 717394 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain navigationmaritime traffic; seaborne traffic
  • güroskoopseade laeva kursi ja peilingute määramiseks. G-i töö põhineb 3 vabadusastmega güroskoobi omaduste ja Maa ööpäevase pöörlemise kasutamisel.
  • a gyroscope, electrically rotated, controlled and damped either by gravity or electrically so that the spin axis settles in the meridian
  • a compass having one or more gyroscopes as the directive element(s), and which is north seeking. Its operation depends upon four natural phenomena, including gyroscopic inertia, gyroscopic precession, the earth’s rotation, and gravity.
gyro compass preferred
gyrocompass

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

gürokompass gürokompassid
gürokompassi gürokompasside
gürokompassi gürokompasse ~ gürokompassisid

Etymology

laensõna
  • gürokompass
    • гирокомпас 'vurrkompass'
      • gyrocompass 'gürokompass' kreekapärasest osisest gyro- [< kr gyros 'ring'] ja sõnast compass 'kompass'

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