artificial horizon

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artificial horizon

An instrument displaying a line on a flight indicator that lies within the horizontal plane and about which the pitching and banking movements of an aircraft are shown. Also called gyro horizon.

artificial horizon

1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Navigation) Also called gyro horizon an aircraft instrument, using a gyroscope, that indicates the aircraft's attitude in relation to the horizontal

2. (Astronomy) Astronomy a level reflecting surface, such as one of mercury, that measures the altitude of a celestial body as half the angle between the body and its reflection

See: attitude indicator.

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artificial horizon - a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot

flight indicator, gyro horizon

navigational instrument - an instrument used for navigating

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