gyrocompass in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for gyrocompass in the English»Spanish Dictionary

gyrocompass [Am ˈdʒaɪroʊˌkəmpəs, Brit ˈdʒʌɪrə(ʊ)kʌmpəs] N

gyrocompass

brújula f giroscópica

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gyrocompass in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for gyrocompass in the English»Spanish Dictionary

gyrocompass [ˈdʒaɪrəʊˈkɒmpəs, Am -roʊˌkʌm-] N

gyrocompass

brújula f giroscópica

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English

In such cases, the ship's gyrocompass sends a disabling signal that closes a solenoid valve to block mercury flow between the tanks.

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The "rudder controller" is a general gyrocompass controlled system, which is steering vertical rudders to keep the longitudinal axis of the torpedo in the sensed direction straight.

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This damaged the depth gauges, the gyrocompass, and the ice machine, besides causing leaks.

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Her navigation equipment included wireless direction finding, and echo sounding device and a gyrocompass.

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Large ships typically rely on a gyrocompass, using the magnetic compass only as a backup.

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The gyrocompass was introduced in the early part of the 20th century and inertial navigation in the 1950s.

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The gyrocompass was introduced in 1908 while ship's radar came in after the 1930s.

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Airspeed and heading can be measured with a fair degree of accuracy using onboard measurements, namely the airspeed indicator and gyrocompass.

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The fibre optic gyrocompass is a complete unit, which unlike a conventional compass, has no rotating or other moving parts.

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There was an automatic pilot function driven by either gyrocompass or magnetic compass as the input heading source.

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