Gyroscope behaviour during 24 hours on earth

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Hi

is my assumption correct ?

precision gyroscope,sitting on the table during 24 hours, perfectly balanced, with free motion in all 3 axis, while still spinning using electric drive or compressed air to maintain motion...

there should be relative motion between gyro and its stationary holder in all 3 axis( assuming I am not at the poles) but at some latitude less than 90.

gyro disk should keep orientation and holder will move with earth, but from my reference frame i will see holder stationary and gyro disk will move

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Right.

Not necessarily a motion in all 3 axes, it depends on the orientation of the axes relative to the rotation axis of Earth.
 
i think because of tilted Earth axis, except poles, the point on the sphere surface( gyro holder) has to move in all 3 axis
 
Tilt relative to an arbitrary reference frame?
You can consider everything from the reference frame of Earth, aligned with the axis of rotation.