Definition:Gyroscopic Inertia

Definition

Gyroscopic inertia is the tendency of a spinning wheel to maintain the direction of its axis of rotation in space.

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): gyroscope
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): gyroscope