English

gyrogauge

From gyro- + gauge.

Formed from gyro- + gauge

Proto-Indo-European *gew- ‘to curve, to bend’

Ancient Greek γῦρος ‘circle’

English gyro-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-

Proto-Germanic *galgô ‘pole, stake, cross’

Frankish *galgā ‘measuring rod, pole’

Middle English gauge ‘a customary measurement or scale’

English gauge

Today it means

noun A transformation by a gyrovector; an arbitrary position-dependent rotation.

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