gyre
A swirling vortexA swirling vortex.
Значення
значень: 4(книжне, поетичне)A swirling vortex.
Strudel
вихрьvixrʹ
(книжне, поетичне)A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
Most ships that tried to cross the Pacific in the past would get stuck in the gyres and never make it out.
ozeanischer Wirbel, Wirbel
(архаїчне)Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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мов: 5За значеннями 1
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Походження
Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “cBorrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus.
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