gyrostabilizer

[jahy-ruh-stey-buh-lahy-zer]

gy·ro·sta·bi·liz·er

[jahy-ruh-stey-buh-lahy-zer]
noun
a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
Also called gyroscopic stabilizer, stabilizer.


Origin:
1920–25; gyro(scope) + stabilizer
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Gyrostabilizer has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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gyrostabilizer or gyrostabiliser (ˌdʒaɪrəʊˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪzə)
 
n
a gyroscopic device used to stabilize the rolling motion of a ship
 
gyrostabiliser or gyrostabiliser
 
n

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