GYRE


Meaning of GYRE in English

/juyeur/ , n.

1. a ring or circle.

2. a circular course or motion.

3. Oceanog. a ringlike system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

[ 1560-70; gyrus gyros ring, circle ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .