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A gyroscope that uses the property of gyroscopic rigidity to sense changes in altitude of a machine, such as an airplane; the spinning wheel or rotor is isolated from the airplane by gimbals; when the plane changes from level flight, the gyro remains vertical and gives the pilot an artificial horizon reference.  8, record 1, English, - free%20gyro

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A free (unrestrained and not subject to any outside force) gyroscope is fixed to space... This means the centerline of the axle points to two points of absolute rest, 180 degrees apart, to the Universe or in the up and down direction.  3, record 1, English, - free%20gyro

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... in order to be free of gravity, gyroscopes can be placed in a Cardan mount, which permits the gyroscopes to remain free of forces exerted on the systems of which they are a part. In the Cardan mount the shaft of a gyroscope wheel is mounted in a gimbal ring, which in turn is mounted in a larger gimbal ring along a diameter that is at right angles to the axis of the wheel.  6, record 1, English, - free%20gyro

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Gyroscope dont la suspension à la cardan est exempte de toute liaison.  3, record 1, French, - gyroscope%20libre

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Le conservateur de cap, également appelé directionnel, est un gyroscope libre dont l'axe est orienté horizontalement selon la direction qui lui a été assignée lors de sa mise en rotation.  4, record 1, French, - gyroscope%20libre

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Cardan : Système de suspension dans lequel le corps suspendu conserve une position invariable malgré les oscillations de son support.  5, record 1, French, - gyroscope%20libre

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Cardan : Nom francisé du savant italien Cardano, 1501-1576.  5, record 1, French, - gyroscope%20libre

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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Gyroscopes can be used as devices for direction finding, guidance, and control. If a gyroscope, mounted on its gimbal rings, is set spinning about a horizontal axis, and the outer gimbal ring is rotated in a horizontal plane, then the inner gimbal ring, carrying the flywheel, tilts up out of the horizontal plane in which it, too first lay. After a few oscillations, damped out by friction, the axis of spin of the gyroscope settles down along a vertical direction. Inertial guidance systems make use of very similar phenomena. Once a gyroscope has been set spinning about a chosen axis, any motion that would cause it to deviate from this direction calls into existence a torque that can be used as an error signal to control corrective maneuvers... Some of the most important applications of gyroscopic phenomena are in aircraft instruments. A free(perfectly balanced) gyroscope can give a constant indication of a chosen reference direction for checking the correct course, and a gravitationally loaded gyroscope can be used to identify the true vertical at all times and so define an artificial horizon against which the pilot can measure the angles of bank and climb.  2, record 2, English, - gyroscopic%20phenomenon

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Le gyroscope construit par Foucault 1852 est un appareil qui dérive de son pendule. Comme lui, il met en évidence les effets de la rotation de la terre. Il est constitué d'une masse lourde, appelée rotor, en mouvement de rotation rapide autour d'un axe restant fixe dans un référentiel galiléen. Le gyroscope se caractérise par un moment cinétique élevé. Il existe des gyroscopes dont l'axe en rotation est lié à l'armature de l'appareil par deux axes et d'autres reliés à un seul axe. On retrouve le phénomène gyroscopique dans des jouets tels que les toupies. Il est utilisé dans des appareils appelés compas gyroscopiques servant au guidage des missiles, des avions et des satellites.  2, record 2, French, - ph%C3%A9nom%C3%A8ne%20gyroscopique

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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The term gyroscope is commonly applied to spherical, wheel-shaped, or disk-shaped bodies that are universally mounted to be free to rotate in any direction; they are used to demonstrate these properties or to indicate movements in space.  1, record 3, English, - spherical%20body

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A gyroscope made of a spherical ball floated in a hemispherical bowl using compressed air as the support mechanism was described ... in the American Journal of Physics.  2, record 3, English, - spherical%20body

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Dans les gyroscopes libres (ou 2 axes), [delta] peut se déplacer, par rapport au boîtier, dans un angle solide entourant un axe Z lié au boîtier, appelé axe de zéro; dans certains cas, cet angle solide couvre tout l'espace, par exemple dans le gyroscope à toupie sphérique portée par champ électrique.  1, record 3, French, - toupie%20sph%C3%A9rique

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Nous appelons «toupie» (gyro wheel, gyro rotor) un corps de révolution autour d'un axe [delta] susceptible d'être lancé en rotation rapide autour de cet axe.  2, record 3, French, - toupie%20sph%C3%A9rique

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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The term gyroscope is commonly applied to spherical, wheel-shaped, or disk-shaped bodies that are universally mounted to be free to rotate in any direction; they are used to demonstrate these properties or to indicate movements in space.  2, record 4, English, - spherical%20body%20gyro

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A gyroscope made of a spherical ball floated in a hemispherical bowl using compressed air as the support mechanism was described ... in the American Journal of Physics.  3, record 4, English, - spherical%20body%20gyro

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

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Dans les gyroscopes libres (ou 2 axes), [delta] peut se déplacer, par rapport au boîtier, dans un angle solide entourant un axe Z lié au boîtier, appelé axe de zéro; dans certains cas, cet angle solide couvre tout l'espace, par exemple dans le gyroscope à toupie sphérique portée par champ électrique.  1, record 4, French, - gyroscope%20%C3%A0%20toupie%20sph%C3%A9rique

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish