gyro error

[′jī·rō ‚er·ər]

(navigation)

The error in the reading of the gyro compass, expressed in degrees east or west to indicate the direction in which the axis of the compass is offset from the north.

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But a more likely scenario might involve well-known and predictable gyro errors.

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