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gyratory

[jahy-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdʒaɪ rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
ADJECTIVE
revolving
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ADJECTIVE
whirling
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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

He found them revolving like ours, and hence inferred the truth of the gyratory theory in relation to all winds.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden

Two motions are usually visible, one ascending one near the earth and in the middle, and a gyratory one around the other.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden