Definitions for gyre
dʒaɪərgyre

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. 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)

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. gyrenoun

   a swirling vortex

2. gyrenoun

   a circular current, especially a large-scale ocean current

3. gyreverb

   to whirl

4. Etymology: From gyrus#Latin,

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gyrenoun

   a circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit

2. Gyre

   to turn round; to gyrate

3. Etymology: [L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s round.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. • Round Shape

Anagrams for gyre »

1. grey

2. Grey

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gyre in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gyre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of gyre in a Sentence

1. 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...

2. Phil Klotzbach:

   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.

3. Oceanographer Autun Purser:

   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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gyre
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gyre
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gyre
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyre
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gyre