A device by which a ship's compass, chronometer, etc., is suspended so as to remain in a constant horizontal position irrespective of the rolling or pitching of the vessel. It consists of two concentric brass hoops or rings whose diameters are pivoted at right angles to each other on knife-edge bearings.
Isixhobo esikhombisa indlela yenqanawe, esokulungisa ixesha nezinye, zixhonywe khona ukuze zihlale zijonge ezantsi akukhathaliseki nokuba inqanawe iyaguquguquka, iyatshayiseka. Sine mithi edityanisiweyo phakathi kukho isinyithi, isangqa esinendawo ejikelezayo phakathi kwikona nganye kwisiphelo esisikayo sibambe.