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Definition of Gyratory
1. a. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.
Definition of Gyratory
1. Adjective. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) A large traffic roundabout with non-standard lane markings or priorities, or with buildings on the central island. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gyratory
1. moving in a circle or spiral [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyratory
Literary usage of Gyratory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1909)
"The cost of breaking with gyratory breakers in large mills is probably less than
when using jaw breakers, partly because one large gyratory breaker will ..."
2. A Popular Treatise on the Winds: Comprising the General Motions of the by William Ferrel (1889)
"It must be understood here that v is simply the gyratory component of a motion
... From this law it is seen that the gyratory component of velocity v is ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... of the liquid a gyratory spiral movement under ihe influence of a magnet ' A
glance at Figs. -', 3, and 4, which represent this experiment, ..."
4. A Text Book of Chemical Engineering by Edward Hart (1920)
"(66) gyratory breakers are of great capacity and large first cost. ... The shaft
has a gyratory motion, causing an advancing and receding action of the ..."
5. The Coal and Metal Miners' Pocketbook of Principles, Rules, Formulas, and Tables by Thomas J. Foster (1905)
"There is practically no shaking imparted to the building by gyratory crushers
... Fur small capacity a gyratory crusher is more expensive than a jaw crusher ..."
6. The Theory and Practice of Ore Dressing by Edward Saxton Wiard (1915)
"(2) The gyratory can be fed by flooding; when so fed no feeder is required, ...
One attendant will be required for the gyratory at the most, whereas, ..."
7. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"... from direct to gyratory Motion.—Effect of Induction on watery Surfaces.—Disappearance
of Fool*, ace. ..."
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