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gyre: see ocean ocean, interconnected mass of saltwater covering 70.78% of the surface of the earth, often called the world ocean. It is subdivided into four (or five) major units that are separated from each other in most cases by the continental masses. See also oceanography . ..... Click the link for more information. . gyre [jīr] (oceanography) A closed circulatory system that is larger than a whirlpool or eddy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The circles of Nel and Sula's friendship do not spiral outward, to eventually dissolve like the sounds of Big Ben, but instead repeat upward and outward, endlessly throughout time like William Butler Yeats's gyres. The gyres of history spiral onward, and although we revolve back to a similar point in our circling, we can see how the present moment is not the same as, but superimposed upon an analogous moment in the past. Such gyres account for 40 percent of Earth's ocean area, says Karl. |
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