gyroscope的词源

英文词源

gyroscope (n.)

heavy rotating wheel with an axis free to turn in any direction, 1853, improved and named in French 1852 by Foucault, from Greek gyros "a circle" (see gyre (n.)) + skopos "watcher" (see scope (n.1)), because the device demonstrates that the earth rotates.

中文词源

gyroscope：陀螺仪

gyro-, 旋转。-scope, 看，见telescope. 后用做科技名词。

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