Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anything that
gyrates - noun physics An
electric circuit that introduces aphase shift of 180° in one direction, but none in the opposite direction
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word gyrator.
Examples
-
To give it to you in your language, the gyrator has got in it.
-
Cryptus gyrator, DUF. (parasite of Tripoxylon figulus).
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
-
When he stopped, the flourish of the gyrator was ineffable.
Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820
-
The pulsator, with pointed toe and gently turned calf, would make a progress in a direct line, but as the sole touched the ground, the heel would slightly rise and then fall, and whilst you were admiring the undulating grace of the pulsator, unobserved and silently you would find the gyrator had stolen a march upon you, and actually taken the _pas_ of its five-toed brother.
Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820
-
Don't have one to test this but what I do on my Touch HD is set up gyrator to switch the screen off when I put the stylus back in its silo without putting the phone to sleep.
MoDaCo WinMo News 2009
-
Don't have one to test this but what I do on my Touch HD is set up gyrator to switch the screen off when I put the stylus back in its silo without putting the phone to sleep.
MoDaCo WinMo News 2009
-
Don't have one to test this but what I do on my Touch HD is set up gyrator to switch the screen off when I put the stylus back in its silo without putting the phone to sleep.
MoDaCo WinMo News 2009
-
The machines - gyrator-style crushers that were known to have been used both above ground and in the mine shafts - were donated to the two historical areas by Cleveland Cliffs Inc.
The Mining Journal 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.