gyroscope

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The aligned protons then twirl like gyroscopes, emitting a radio signal of their own, whose frequency increases with the field’s strength.

From Science Magazine

Companies and researchers eager to find medical applications for smartphone technology are tapping into modern phones’ built-in cameras and light sensors; microphones; accelerometers, which detect body movements; gyroscopes; and even speakers.

From Seattle Times

Companies and researchers eager to find medical applications for smartphone technology are tapping into modern phones' built-in cameras and light sensors; microphones; accelerometers, which detect body movements; gyroscopes; and even speakers.

From Salon

Eager companies and researchers are tapping into phones’ built-in cameras and light sensors; microphones; accelerometers, which detect body movements; gyroscopes; and even speakers.

From Washington Post

The term is confusing because such particles cannot physically spin—if they were simply ever twirling subatomic gyroscopes, their rotation would be impossibly fast, well in excess of the speed of light.

From Scientific American