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Gyro
– definition :
- (noun)
- rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction (context:artifact)
- a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread (context:food)
Gyro horizon
– definition :
- (noun)
- a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot (context:artifact)
Gyrocompass
– definition :
- (noun)
- a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead (context:artifact)
Gyromitra
– definition :
- (noun)
- any fungus of the genus Gyromitra (context:plant)
Gyromitra brunnea
– definition :
- (noun)
- a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk (context:plant)
Gyral
– definition :
- (adjective)
- relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain (context:pert)
– Sample : “gyral”
Gyromitra californica
– definition :
- (noun)
- a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California (context:plant)
Gyrate
– definition :
- (verb)
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis (context:motion)
- to wind or move in a spiral course (context:motion)
– Sample : “gyrate”
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
- black smoke coiling up into the sky
- the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
- the young people gyrated on the dance floor
Gyromitra esculenta
– definition :
- (noun)
- a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown (context:plant)
Gyration
– definition :
- (noun)
- the act of rotating in a circle or spiral (context:act)
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital) (context:event)
– Sample : “gyration”
- the plane made three rotations before it crashed
- the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
