Definitions for gyre

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gyre gyre

Spelling: [jahyuh r]

IPA: /dʒaɪər/

Gyre is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in gyre (egry).

Definitions for gyre

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 of gyre

1560-70; Latin gȳrus Greek gŷros ring, circle

Examples for gyre

Yet with the tsunami debris joining the gyre, the problem is compounding more quickly than anyone can measure.

Dorsally, the fissure bifurcates, embracing the gyre indented by the caudal limb of the paracentral.

gyre (derived from Gayour or Giaour, a dog), “to scratch like a dog.”