Who is Elmer Ambrose Sperry? (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930)
Synonyms:
Elmer Ambrose Sperry; Sperry
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Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)