Gyre Definition

jīr
gyred, gyres, gyring
noun
gyres
A circular or spiral motion; whirl; revolution.
Webster's New World
A circular or spiral form; ring or vortex.
Webster's New World

A swirling vortex.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To whirl.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To whirl.

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Other Word Forms of Gyre

Noun

Singular:
gyre
Plural:
gyres

Origin of Gyre

  • From Latin gyrus, Ancient Greek γῦρος (gyros, “circle, ring, turning”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin gȳrus from Greek gūros

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gyre Sentence Examples

  • The main focus of the project is the sub-tropical gyre.

  • Water in the subpolar gyre cooled between the two 20-year periods due to the decrease in surface heat input.

  • These include local wave climate; sources of sediment feed and the role of coastline orientation in creating an anticlockwise tidal gyre.

  • The Kapitan Khlebnikov continues north into Baffin Bay, battling the notorious gyre (circular current) of ice that thwarted early whalers.

  • This propagates around the Pacific sub-polar gyre and warms up whole gyre.

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Words Starting With

GGYGYR

Words Ending With

EREYRE

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Words Starting With G and Ending With E

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With G4 Letter Words Ending With E