Synonyms for gyre
dʒaɪərgyre

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1. coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scrollnoun

   a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

   Synonyms:
   curl, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, cast, helix, coil, paradiddle, rolling wave, drum roll, peal, ringlet butterfly, axial rotation, roll, volute, spiral, ringlet, roster, bowl, squiggle, lock, axial motion, whorl, rolling, roller, bun

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1. • Round Shape

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1. Oceanographer Autun Purser:

   There is generally a low reign of food, as it is in the middle of the Pacific Gyre, a low productivity area with little upwelling nutrient rich waters, so though there will be seafloor animals, there will not be a high biomass down there probably.

2. Phil Klotzbach:

   This type of scenario typically enhances conditions for a robust Caribbean low-level gyre that typically spins up late-season storms. We saw this scenario on steroids last year. Let's hope we don't have another October-November like we had last year, but I think the large scale should favor another active end to the season.

3. W. B. Yeats, the second coming:

   Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...