See Also: gyre(1)(dictionary)
gyre(2)(dictionary)
gyre-carline(dictionary)

gyre(1) (iou)



gyre noun. M16.
[Latin gyrus from Greek guros.]
I. Chiefly literary.
A circular movement or turn; a revolution, a gyration. M16.
S. O'Faolain I..felt the new day come up..and life begin once more its ancient, ceaseless gyre.
A circle, a spiral; a vortex. L16.
J. A. Baker Seven hundred lapwings..dwindled up in spiral tiers and widening gyres.
II.
Science. A circular pattern of surface currents round an ocean basin. M20.

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