gyratoryadj.

/ˈdʒʌɪərətəri/

Etymology: as if < Latin *gȳrātōrius, < gȳrāre to gyrate adj. Compare French giratoire.

a. Moving in a circle or spiral; revolving, whirling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > revolving or rotating

rolling?1518

turning1558

gyreful1566

gyring1590

revoluble1598

ambient?1614

vertiginous1680

revolving1681

rotating1757

veering1798

gyratory1815

peristrephic1816

peristrephical1827

gyral1828

gyrating1837

volutory1839

volvent1898

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 52 The mischief produced by the gyratory motion of the air.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy iv. 172 The nutation of the earth's axis is a small and slow gyratory movement.

1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 197 Several others were more or less implicated in the gyratory mass.

1874 tr. G. Hartwig Aerial World viii. 124 Large gyratory columns of water or sand.

1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 539/2 Solomon studied awhile the gyratory movements of three hawks.

b. Applied to a system of directing road traffic round a roundabout or through a system of one-way streets to avoid the need for one line of traffic to intersect another.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > types of traffic flow

gyratory1909

one-way1914

tidal1954

contraflow1975

1909 Westm. Gaz. 7 Aug. 4/2 The gyratory principle, by which vehicles are directed into circular lines ingeniously devised to avoid intersection.

1926 Rep. Comm. Police Metropolis, 1925 16 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 2660) XV. 239 Gyratory systems for the circulation of traffic, after years of discussion, reached the point of practical demonstration this year.

1928 Observer 5 Feb. 13/7 Now that every week dedicates a new bunch of streets to the Gyratory System.

1966 Guardian 8 Sept. 5/4 A new gyratory road system to ease traffic congestion..is to be built..at Stretford.

Draft additions September 2006

British. A road junction or traffic system requiring the circulatory movement of traffic, and which is larger or more complex than an ordinary roundabout; (also more generally) = roundabout n. 8.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction

clover-leaf1933

interchange1944

T-junction1954

Y junction1961

spaghetti1963

box junction1964

box1966

spaghetti junction1971

ring junction1972

gyratory1983

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction > roundabout

circus1898

rond-point1903

rotonda1908

traffic circle1914

roundabout1926

rotary1940

gyratory1983

modern roundabout1987

1983 Times 3 May 30/5 Roadworks on Bridgefoot gyratory, Stratford on Avon.

1987 Oxf. Times 11 Sept. 11/5 A traffic gyratory (roundabout) which incorporated three streets: Speedwell Street, St. Aldate's and the other part of Thames Street.

2001 Mod. Railways Feb. 46/1 Vehicle entry will be allowed onto the deck from both ends of the rebuilt bridge, but departing traffic will be allowed only to turn right, so that it must flow down onto the Harrow Road gyratory.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gyratory
释义	gyratoryadj. /ˈdʒʌɪərətəri/ Etymology: as if < Latin gȳrātōrius, < gȳrāre* to gyrate adj. Compare French giratoire. a. Moving in a circle or spiral; revolving, whirling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > revolving or rotating rolling?1518 turning1558 gyreful1566 gyring1590 revoluble1598 ambient?1614 vertiginous1680 revolving1681 rotating1757 veering1798 gyratory1815 peristrephic1816 peristrephical1827 gyral1828 gyrating1837 volutory1839 volvent1898 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 52 The mischief produced by the gyratory motion of the air. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy iv. 172 The nutation of the earth's axis is a small and slow gyratory movement. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 197 Several others were more or less implicated in the gyratory mass. 1874 tr. G. Hartwig Aerial World viii. 124 Large gyratory columns of water or sand. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 539/2 Solomon studied awhile the gyratory movements of three hawks. b. Applied to a system of directing road traffic round a roundabout or through a system of one-way streets to avoid the need for one line of traffic to intersect another. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > types of traffic flow gyratory1909 one-way1914 tidal1954 contraflow1975 1909 Westm. Gaz. 7 Aug. 4/2 The gyratory principle, by which vehicles are directed into circular lines ingeniously devised to avoid intersection. 1926 Rep. Comm. Police Metropolis, 1925 16 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 2660) XV. 239 Gyratory systems for the circulation of traffic, after years of discussion, reached the point of practical demonstration this year. 1928 Observer 5 Feb. 13/7 Now that every week dedicates a new bunch of streets to the Gyratory System. 1966 Guardian 8 Sept. 5/4 A new gyratory road system to ease traffic congestion..is to be built..at Stretford. Draft additions September 2006 British. A road junction or traffic system requiring the circulatory movement of traffic, and which is larger or more complex than an ordinary roundabout; (also more generally) = roundabout n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction clover-leaf1933 interchange1944 T-junction1954 Y junction1961 spaghetti1963 box junction1964 box1966 spaghetti junction1971 ring junction1972 gyratory1983 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction > roundabout circus1898 rond-point1903 rotonda1908 traffic circle1914 roundabout1926 rotary1940 gyratory1983 modern roundabout1987 1983 Times 3 May 30/5 Roadworks on Bridgefoot gyratory, Stratford on Avon. 1987 Oxf. Times 11 Sept. 11/5 A traffic gyratory (roundabout) which incorporated three streets: Speedwell Street, St. Aldate's and the other part of Thames Street. 2001 Mod. Railways Feb. 46/1 Vehicle entry will be allowed onto the deck from both ends of the rebuilt bridge, but departing traffic will be allowed only to turn right, so that it must flow down onto the Harrow Road gyratory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1815
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