gyre

gyre
Synonyms and related words:
Baba Yaga, Charybdis, Lilith, afreet, barghest, cacodemon, circle, circling, circuit, circuiteer, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulate, circulation, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulate, circumambulation, circumflexion, circumlocution, circummigrate, circummigration, circumnavigate, circumnavigation, circumrotate, circumvent, circumvolute, circumvolution, cirrus, close the circle, coil, come full circle, compass, corkscrew, crank, curl, curlicue, cycle, daeva, demon, describe a circle, deviance, deviancy, deviation, devil, deviousness, digression, dizzy round, dybbuk, eddy, encircle, encompass, evil genius, evil spirit, evolute, excursion, excursus, fiend, fiend from hell, flank, genie, genius, ghoul, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go round, go the round, gurge, gyrate, gyration, gyring, helix, hellion, incubus, indirection, involute, jinni, jinniyeh, kink, lamia, lap, maelstrom, make a circuit, meandering, orbit, orbiting, pirouette, pivot, purl, rakshasa, rat race, reel, revolve, ringlet, roll, rotate, rotation, round, roundaboutness, rounding, satan, screw, scroll, shedu, skirt, spin, spiral, spiraling, succubus, surge, surround, swing, swirl, swivel, tendril, the undead, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn round, turning, twirl, twist, vampire, volute, volution, vortex, wamble, wheel, wheeling, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, wind, yogini

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  • -gyre — ♦ Élément, du gr. guros « cercle » : lévogyre. ⇒ gyr(o) . gyr(o) , gir(o) , gyre éléments, du gr. guros, cercle . ⇒ GYRE, GIRE, élém. formant Élém. terminal tiré du gr. « cercle » et « tourn …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • gyre — gyre; iso·gyre; dex·tro·gyre; le·vo·gyre; …   English syllables

  • Gyre —   die, / n, Kristallographie: Bezeichnung für eine Drehachse (Symmetrieachse). Nach n Drehungen mit definierten Winkeln um die Gyre kann ein Kristall wieder mit sich selbst zur Deckung gebracht werden. Die Anzahl n der notwendigen Drehungen wird… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Gyre — (j[imac]r), n. [L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro s round.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit. [1913 Webster] Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Still… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gyre — Gyre, v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See {Gyrate}.] To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gyre — 1560s, a circular motion; as a verb, to turn round, early 15c.; from L. gyrus circle, circular course, round, ring, and its derived verb gyrare, from Gk. gyros circle, ring, related to gyrós rounded, perhaps from PIE root *geu to bend, curve (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • gyrė — sf. A1885,937 vaišės, pokylis …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • gyre — [jīr] n. [L gyrus < Gr gyros, a circle: see GYRATE] Old Poet. 1. a circular or spiral motion; whirl; revolution 2. a circular or spiral form; ring or vortex vi., vt. gyred, gyring Old Poet. to whirl …   English World dictionary

  • gyre — 1. noun /dʒaɪ.ə,dʒaɪ.ɚ/ a) a swirling vortex b) a circular current, especially a large scale ocean current 2. verb /dʒaɪ.ə,dʒaɪ.ɚ/ …   Wiktionary

  • gyre-carline — /gīrˈkär lin/ (Scot) noun A witch ORIGIN: ON gȳgr a witch, ogress, and ↑carline …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gyre océanique — Carte des cinq gyres principaux de l océan Un gyre océanique est un gigantesque tourbillon d eau océanique formé d un ensemble de courants marins. Les gyres sont provoqués par la force de Coriolis. Sommaire 1 …   Wikipédia en Français

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