Definition of Gyre. Meaning of Gyre. Synonyms of Gyre

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Definition of Gyre

Gyre
Gyre Gyre, n. [L. gyrus, Gr. ?, cf. ? round.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit. Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. --Dryden. Still expanding and ascending gyres. --Mrs. Browning.
Gyre
Gyre Gyre, v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.] To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. Drayton.

Meaning of Gyre from wikipedia

- North Atlantic gyre North Atlantic gyre North Atlantic gyre Indian Ocean gyre North Pacific gyre South Pacific gyre South Atlantic         gyre In oceanography...
- Look up gyre or gire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ocean gyre is any large system of rotating ocean currents in oceanography. Gyre or gire may...
- North Atlantic gyre North Atlantic gyre North Atlantic gyre Indian Ocean gyre North Pacific gyre South Pacific gyre South Atlantic         gyre The patch was...
- Gyre may refer to the first line of the poem by Irish poet W. B. Yeats "The Second Coming". The Widening Gyre may also refer to: "The Widening Gyre"...
- Atlantic Gyre of the Atlantic Ocean is one of five great oceanic gyres. It is a circular ocean current, with offshoot eddies and sub-gyres, across the...
- Pacific Gyre (NPG) or North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG), located in the northern Pacific Ocean, is one of the five major oceanic gyres. This gyre covers...
- The Southern Pacific Gyre is part of the Earth's system of rotating ocean currents, bounded by the Equator to the north, Australia to the west, the Antarctic...
- North Atlantic gyre North Atlantic gyre North Atlantic gyre Indian Ocean gyre North Pacific gyre South Pacific gyre South Atlantic         gyre The clockwise...
- a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas, it has no land boundaries. It is distinguished...
- Gyre – Subtropical gyre in the south Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Gyre – Major circulating system of ocean currents Weddell Gyre – One of two gyres within...