gyre
A swirling vortexA swirling vortex.
Meaning
4 senses(literary, poetic)A swirling vortex.
Strudel
вихрьvixrʹ
(literary, poetic)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
(archaic)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)
Translations
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Origin
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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