What does gyre mean?
Definitions for gyre
dʒaɪərgyre
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Princeton's WordNet
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scrollnoun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Wiktionary
gyrenoun
a swirling vortex
gyrenoun
a circular current, especially a large-scale ocean current
gyreverb
to whirl
Etymology: From gyrus#Latin,
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gyrenoun
A circle described by any thing going in an orbit.
Etymology: gyrus, Latin.
Ne thenceforth his approved skill to ward,
Or strike, or hurlen round in warlike gyre,
Remember’d he; ne car’d for his safe guard,
But rudely rag’d. Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant. 5.Does the wild haggard tow’r into the sky,
And to the South by thy direction fly?
Or eagle in her gyres the clouds embrace? George Sandys.He fashion’d those harmonious orbs, that roll
In restless gyres about the Artick pole. George Sandys.Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres,
Then falls, and in much foam his soul expires. Dryden.
ChatGPT
gyre
A gyre is a large system of circular ocean currents formed by global wind patterns and forces created by Earth’s rotation. It can also refer to any circular or spiral form, including a vortex or whirlpool.
Webster Dictionary
Gyrenoun
a circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit
Gyre
to turn round; to gyrate
Etymology: [L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s round.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gyre
jīr, n. a circular motion.—n. Gy′ra, the richly embroidered border of a robe:—pl. Gy′ræ.—adjs. Gy′ral, whirling, rotating; Gyroid′al, spiral in arrangement or movement. [L. gyrus—Gr. gyros, a ring, round.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gyre in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gyre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of gyre in a Sentence
There is generally a low reign of food, as it is in the middle of the Pacific Gyre, a low productivity area with little upwelling nutrient rich waters, so though there will be seafloor animals, there will not be a high biomass down there probably.
This type of scenario typically enhances conditions for a robust Caribbean low-level gyre that typically spins up late-season storms. We saw this scenario on steroids last year. Let's hope we don't have another October-November like we had last year, but I think the large scale should favor another active end to the season.
W. B. Yeats, the second coming:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...
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- GyrusGerman
- pyörreFinnish
- gyreFrench
- gyrusLatin
- giroPortuguese
- вихрьRussian
- gyreTurkish
- con quayVietnamese
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