gyrostabilizer

gyrostabilizer
/juy'reuh stay"beuh luy'zeuhr/, n.
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.
[1920-25; GYRO(SCOPE) + STABILIZER]

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