gyre

Betekenis (English)

1. A swirling vortex.
2. A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
3. Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”)
4. An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.

wervelwind

giral

Met koppelteken als

gy‧re

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/d͡ʒaɪ.ə/

Inherited from Middelengels

giren

In summary

Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus.

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