1. circular or spiral motions or forms
Usage: literary
2. large-scale circular ocean currents
Usage: oceanography

Examples

• The falcon cannot hear the falconer in Yeats’ famous poem about widening gyres.
• Ocean gyres transport warm and cold water around the globe.
• The Pacific Gyre is one of the largest current systems in the world.
• Plastic debris accumulates in the center of ocean gyres.
• The poet described the gyres of history repeating endlessly.
• Scientists study how gyres affect global climate patterns.