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gy·ro 1
(jī′rō)n. pl. gy·ros
1. A gyroscope.
2. A gyrocompass.
gy·ro 2
(yē′rō, jī′-, jē′-)n. pl. gy·ros
A sandwich made of sliced roasted meat, usually lamb or beef, combined with onion, tomato, seasoning, and often tzatziki sauce, and wrapped in pita bread.
[From Modern Greek gýros, a turning, gyro meat (partial loan translation of Turkish döner (kebap), turning (kebab), from the turning of the meat on a spit ), from Greek gūros, circle; perhaps akin to Armenian kor, bent, curved, and kuṙn, back (of the body).]
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gyro
(ˈdʒaɪrəʊ)n, pl -ros
1. (Navigation) See gyrocompass
2. (General Physics) See gyroscope
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gy•ro1
(ˈdʒaɪ roʊ)n., pl. -ros.
1. gyrocompass.
2. gyroscope.
gy•ro2
(ˈdʒɪər oʊ, ˈʒɪər oʊ; Gk. ˈyi rɔ)n.
pressed beef or lamb roasted on a vertical spit, thinly sliced, and usu. served in a sandwich on pita bread.
[1970–75; < Modern Greek gŷros literally, turn, revolution; see gyre]
gyro-
a combining form meaning “circle, rotation” ( gyromagnetic), “gyroscope” (gyrostabilizer).
[< Greek. gŷros ring, n. use of gȳrós round]
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| Noun | 1. |  gyro - a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita breadpita, pocket bread - usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them |
| 2. |  gyro - rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any directiongyrocompass - a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead gyrostabiliser, gyrostabilizer - a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane rotating mechanism - a mechanism that rotates |
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