Assertion: gyroscope's axis | /r/CapableOf | turn in direction
Facets:
value: freely
type: MANNER
value: in order to maintain its orientation
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: This friction force caused by the fluid results in a torque acting on the axis, causing the axis to turn in a direction orthogonal to the torque (that is, to precess) along a line of longitude.
text: A heavy rotating wheel, the axis of which is free to turn in any direction, and which can set to rotate in any plane, independently of forces tending to change the position of the axis.
text: A gyroscope is a device designed to have a spinning disc or wheel mounted on a base such that its axis can turn freely in one or more directions in order to maintain its orientation regardless of any movement of the base.
text: This friction force caused by the fluid results in a torque acting on the axis, causing the axis to turn in a direction orthogonal to the torque (that is, to precess) towards the north celestial pole (approximately toward the North Star).
text: This friction force caused by the fluid results in a torque acting on the axis, causing the axis to turn in a direction orthogonal to the torque (that is, to precess) towards the north celestial pole (approximately toward the North Star).