Definitions for gyres

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gyres gyre

Spelling: [jahyuh r]

IPA: /dʒaɪər/

Gyres is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in gyres (egrsy).

Definitions for gyres

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 gyres

1560-70; Latin gȳrus Greek gŷros ring, circle

Examples for gyres

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.”