horizontal earth rate

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horizontal earth rate [‚här·ə′zänt·əl ′ərth ‚rāt]

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The rate at which the spin axis of a gyroscope must be tilted about the horizontal axis to remain parallel to the earth's surface to compensate for the effect of earth rate; horizontal earth rate is maximum at the equator, zero at the poles, and varies as the cosine of the latitude.

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