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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.
Origin:
1560–70; < Latin gȳrus < Greek gŷros ring, circle
1560–70; < Latin gȳrus < Greek gŷros ring, circle
Related forms
sub·gyre, noun
su·per·gyre, noun
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Example Sentences
- It can float along for hundreds of miles before being caught in a gyre and then, over time, breaking down.
- It was not swimming endlessly with the school in a clockwise gyre.
- Wind and ocean currents sweep up this garbage and deposit it in this slow-moving gyre.
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Word Origin & History
gyre
1566, "a circular motion;" as a verb, "to turn round," c.1420; from L. gyrus "circle," from Gk. gyros "circle, ring," related to gyros "rounded," from PIE base *geu- "to bend, curve."
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gyre  (jīr) Pronunciation Key
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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