gyres

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English

Definitions

noun

A swirling vortex.
A circular current, especially a large-scale ocean current.
A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

verb

To whirl

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Synonyms

whorl curlicue coil roll curl scroll ringlet anticyclonic rings subpolar landmasses planktonic planetesimal hydrologic cycle sargassum oceans

Rhymes

intra vires fires retires requires choirs nyers ultra vires wires sires shires

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