Artificial horizon Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot
flight indicator; gyro horizon.
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- a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body.