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gyratory

[jahy-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdʒaɪ rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
ADJECTIVE
revolving
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ADJECTIVE
whirling
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Dr Malik Saleh, a dentist stuck at the Hanger Lane gyratory, has been forced to cancel appointments.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2021

Activists have also blocked Wandsworth Bridge, Arnos Grove and the Hanger Lane gyratory, the group says.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2021

Further along is the Double Sky Wheel, a king-sized dumbbell with gyratory center beam supporting two independent wheels that can't decide whether to plunge suicidally earthward or whiz away toward Mars.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is a sort of universal joint, which permits the wing to swing up and down, perform a gyratory movement while doing so, and folds to the rear when at rest.

From Aeroplanes by James Slough Zerbe

He found them revolving like ours, and hence inferred the truth of the gyratory theory in relation to all winds.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler




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