Synonyms for gyre
- aureole
- band
- belt
- bowl
- bracelet
- circlet
- circuit
- circumference
- circus
- cirque
- coil
- compass
- cordon
- corona
- crown
- cycle
- disc
- disk
- ecliptic
- enclosure
- equator
- globe
- halo
- hoop
- horizon
- lap
- meridian
- orbit
- colure
- full turn
- parallel of
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Gyre (derived from Gayour or Giaour, a dog), “to scratch like a dog.”
Dorsally, the fissure bifurcates, embracing the gyre indented by the caudal limb of the paracentral.
WORD ORIGIN
1560s, "a circular motion;" as a verb, "to turn round," early 15c.; from Latin gyrus "circle, circular course, round, ring," and its derived verb gyrare, from Greek gyros "circle, ring," related to gyrós "rounded," perhaps from PIE root *geu- "to bend, curve" (cf. Armenian kor "crooked," Lithuanian gurnas "hip, ankle, bone," Norwegian kaure "a curly lock of hair").
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circle
verbgo around, circumnavigatecircled
verbgo around, circumnavigatecircuit
nounrevolution, track, boundarycirculation
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