vertical earth rate

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vertical earth rate [′vərd·ə·kəl ′ərth ‚rāt]

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To compensate for the effect of earth rate, the rate at which a gyroscope must be turned about its vertical axis to permit the spin axis to remain in the meridian; it is maximum at the poles, zero at the equator, and varies as the sine of the latitude.

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