A spinning wheel or rotor used in gyroscopic instruments to maintain stable orientation through rotational inertia.
Compound of 'gyro-' (spinning) + 'wheel'. Developed in the 19th century as scientists and engineers built practical gyroscopic navigation instruments.
Gyrowheels spinning thousands of times per second are what keep your phone and drones knowing which way is up—invisible wheels inside that never stop spinning!
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