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gyre

[ jahyuhr ]

noun

  1. a ring or circle.
  2. a circular course or motion.
  3. Oceanography. a ringlike system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.


gyre

/ »åÏô²¹ÉªÉ™ /

noun

  1. a circular or spiral movement or path
  2. a ring, circle, or spiral
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to whirl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gyre

/ ÂáÄ«°ù /

  1. A spiral oceanic surface current driven primarily by the global wind system and constrained by the continents surrounding the three ocean basins (Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian). Each ocean basin has a large gyre in the subtropical region, centered around 30° north and south latitude. Smaller gyres occur at 50° north latitude in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The direction of a gyre's rotation is determined by the prevailing winds in the region, with the large subtropical gyres rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü²ú·²µ²â°ù±ð noun
  • ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·²µ²â°ù±ð noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gyre1

1560–70; < Latin ²µ²âÌ„°ù³Ü²õ < Greek ²µÅ·°ù´Ç²õ ring, circle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gyre1

C16: from Latin ²µÓ¯°ù³Ü²õ circle, from Greek guros
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The “widening gyre†foretells the polarization of society, the centrifugal forces tearing the collective fabric into ideological extremes.

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And it eventually became a much-needed daily dose of serenity to keep the widening gyre of anxiety at bay.

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Watching the gyre of emotions on campuses from Connecticut to California, those words feel as if they could have been written this week.

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They were carried to the South Pacific by the South Pacific gyre, a circular ocean current.

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As Carelli proceeds through the events leading up to that night, the gyre of his investigation widens, and Joan takes up less and less space in the story of her own death.

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