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a spinning fool too stubborn to admit which way is up.
means A spinning wheel or disc mounted so it can keep its axis pointing in a fixed direction, used to measure or maintain orientation.
from Coined in the 19th century by French physicist Léon Foucault from the Greek 'gyros' (a circle or turning) and 'skopein' (to look at or observe) — literally a device for watching the turning, since he built it to see the Earth's rotation. The same 'gyros' spins through 'gyrate,' and 'skopein' watches through 'telescope' and 'microscope.'
- keeps spinning
- resists any push to change its axis
- in your pocket
- every smartphone hides a tiny one
- ship savior
- steadies massive vessels against rolling waves
- physics flex
- defies gravity by leaning, never falling
- space compass
- guides spacecraft with no stars needed
for instance
iphone gyroscope sensor — apple's gyroscopic accelerometer in iphone 4+ enables motion detection for gaming and ar apps since 2010