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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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Activists have also blocked Wandsworth Bridge, Arnos Grove and the Hanger Lane gyratory, the group says.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2021

Dr Malik Saleh, a dentist stuck at the Hanger Lane gyratory, has been forced to cancel appointments.

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

A vast basin has been thus formed, in which the sweep of the river prolongs itself in gyratory currents.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall

Fortunately the gyratory movement of the water was opposite to that of the suspensory screws, otherwise the aeronef would have been hurled into the sea.

From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne




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