gyrocompass

Japanese: gyrocompass
gyrocompass

...Even if deviation correction is performed, it is only valid at the corrected point and does not indicate true north due to deviation and local magnetic field.
[Gyrocompass]
It is also called a wheel compass. When a gyro, which has three degrees of freedom, is rotated at high speed, it continues to point in a fixed direction, but if the Earth's gravity is applied to only one axis (the horizontal axis) of such a top, the rotation of the top will cause the axis to point in the direction of the meridian due to the influence of the Earth's rotation.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "gyrocompass" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…自差修正を行った場合でも,修正した地点でだけ有効であり,また偏差や地方磁気のため真北は指示しない。
[ジャイロコンパスgyrocompass]
 転輪羅針儀ともいう。3軸の自由度が与えられた〈こまgyro〉を高速で回転させると一定方向を指し続けるが,このようなこまの一つの軸(水平軸)に関してだけ地球重力による抑止力を作用させると,地球の自転運動の影響からこまの回転軸は子午線の方向を指示する。…

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