What is "gyrostatics"

Gyrostatics \Gy`ro*stat"ics\ (j[imac]`r[-o]*st[a^]t"[i^]ks), n. (Physics) The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies.

branch of dynamics dealing with rotating bodies, 1883, from gyrostatic (1879); see gyrostat + -ics.

n. (context physics English) The study of rotating bodies