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Directional Gyro

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1. A two-degree-of-freedom gyro with a provision for maintaining its spin axis approximately horizontal. </dd>
2. A flight instrument incorporating a gyro that holds its position in azimuth and thus can be used as a directional reference. </dd>

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use