Assertion: gyroscope | /r/CapableOf | defy gravity
Facets:
value: by remaining with its axis horizontal
type: MANNER
value: seemingly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: THIS is what causes the gyro to appear to defy gravity!
text: " The ability of a gyroscope to "defy gravity" is baffling!
text: It will appear as if the gyroscope defies the gravity.
text: And so the gyro is able to "hang there", seemingly defying gravity!
text: Instead of falling, as might be expected, the gyroscope appears to defy gravity by remaining with its axis horizontal, when the other end of the axis is left unsupported and the free end of the axis slowly describes a circle in a horizontal plane, the resulting precession turning.