gyratory
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gyratory
First recorded in 1810–20; gyrat(ion) + -ory 1
Example Sentences
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Dr Malik Saleh, a dentist stuck at the Hanger Lane gyratory, has been forced to cancel appointments.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2021
Activists have also blocked Wandsworth Bridge, Arnos Grove and the Hanger Lane gyratory, the group says.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2021
Further along is the Double Sky Wheel, a king-sized dumbbell with gyratory center beam supporting two independent wheels that can't decide whether to plunge suicidally earthward or whiz away toward Mars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Storms are now admitted by all seamen to be gyratory, as we have seen.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
The botanist discovers the constancy of the gyratory motion of the chara in the greater number of vegetable cells, and recognizes in the genera and natural families of plants the intimate relations or organic forms.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
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