gyratory

[ jahy-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈdʒaɪ rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.

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Origin of gyratory

First recorded in 1810–20; gyrat(ion) + -ory¹

Words nearby gyratory

gyral, gyrase, gyrate, gyration, gyrator, gyratory, gyre, gyrectomy, gyrene, gyrfalcon, gyro

How to use gyratory in a sentence

He represents the agitation of the lodge to be due to currents of air, having the irregular and gyratory power of a whirlwind.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
Pot′-holes, holes in the beds of rapid streams, made by an eddying current of water, which gives the stones a gyratory motion.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
There is no precise estimate of the velocity of the gyratory motion.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
This impressed motion will be converted into circulatory or gyratory motion.
Aether and Gravitation|William George Hooper

They were forced to be passive; there was no means of preventing this gyratory motion.
In Search of the Castaways|Jules Verne

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