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Definition of: gyre
(jīr) noun
1. A circular or swirling motion.
2. A ring; vortex; a spiral or round form.
3. In oceanography, a ringlike movement of ocean currents set up by variable wind systems acting upon large ocean areas of different chemical and biological properties. [<L gyrus a circle]
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