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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gyro-, (before a vowel)gyr- combining form - indicating rotating or gyrating motion: gyroscope
- indicating a spiral
- indicating a gyroscope: gyrocompass
Etymology: via Latin from Greek guro-, from guros circle WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gy•ro2 /ˈdʒɪroʊ, ˈyɪroʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Foodpressed beef or lamb roasted on a vertical spit, thinly sliced, and usually served in a pita bread sandwich.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gy•ro1 ( jī′rō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. - gyrocompass.
- Mechanicsgyroscope.
- independent use of gyro- 1905–10
gy•ro2 ( jēr′ō, zhēr′ō; Gk. yē′rô),USA pronunciation n. [Greek Cookery.]- Foodmeat, usually lamb, roasted on a vertical spit, then thinly sliced, topped with onions, and usually served in a sandwich of pita bread.
- Modern Greek gŷros literally, turn, revolution; see gyre
- 1970–75
gyro-, - a combining form meaning "ring,'' "circle,'' "spiral,'' used in the formation of compound words:gyromagnetic; gyroscope.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] gyr-. - Greek. gŷros ring, noun, nominal use of gȳrós round
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