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Gyrocompass

A gyrocompass or Gyrocompassing is a type of non-magnetic compass which is based on a fast-spinning disc and the rotation of the Earth (or another planetary body if used elsewhere in the universe) to find geographical direction automatically. A gyrocompass makes use of one of the seven fundamental ways to determine the heading of a vehicle. A gyroscope…

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Gyrocompass

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples67
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
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Gyrocompass

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related to history · 25
Gyrocompass → After, Anschütz, Anschütz-Kaempfe, Bos, Co, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, German Imperial Navy, Germany, Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, In, Kiel, Marinus Gerardus, Metal Mike, Navy, Raytheon Anschütz GmbH, RMS Queen Mary, Sperry, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Sperry's, The
related to Bibliography · 9
Gyrocompass → Albert Einstein's, Anschütz, Bibcode, Gyroscopic, June, Matthew, September, Sperry, World Patent Information
related to External links · 8
Gyrocompass → Elmer, Feynman's Tips, Files, Franklin Award, Franklin Institute, Physics, Sperry, The
related to Operation · 8
Gyrocompass → Earth, Once, One, Since, Such, The, This, When
related to Mathematical model · 6
Gyrocompass → Earth, In, NS, Sun, Therefore, We
related to Errors · 4
Gyrocompass → Alternatively, GPS, On, These
related to Fourth time-dependent rotation · 3
Gyrocompass → In, Now, The
see also · 1
Gyrocompass → Acronyms

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gyroscope axis displaystyle sin earth rotation cos delta direction psi find system omega begin end dot north use heading case

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the RMS Queen Maryinstance ofthese and other Sperry devices were adopted by steamships0.80text
airplanesinstance ofthese and other Sperry devices were adopted by steamships0.80text
and the warships of World War IIinstance ofthese and other Sperry devices were adopted by steamships0.80text
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographyGyroscopic0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographySperry0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographyJune0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographySeptember0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographyMatthew0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographyAlbert Einstein's0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographyAnschütz0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographyWorld Patent Information0.60section
Gyrocompassrelated to BibliographyBibcode0.60section

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