plural gyros
: a sandwich especially of lamb and beef, tomato, onion, and yogurt sauce on pita bread
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
By combining the star trackers, sun sensors, magnetometers and a single gyro, Hubble can maintain a pointing accuracy that is very close to the three-gyro configuration – although the one-gyro configuration will limit how fast Hubble can track objects in space.
—Panagiotis Tsiotras, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
In November, Overland Park Mediterranean restaurant Sahara served its last gyro.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2024
One of these, gyro 4, has operated for a total of 142,000 hours.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
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Noun
Olga's Kitchen, known for its signature gyros on its famous Olga bread, has partnered with Big Boy, home of the Big Boy burgers and Slim Jim sandwiches, as a host kitchen.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
By combining the star trackers, sun sensors, magnetometers and a single gyro, Hubble can maintain a pointing accuracy that is very close to the three-gyro configuration – although the one-gyro configuration will limit how fast Hubble can track objects in space.
—Panagiotis Tsiotras, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
In November, Overland Park Mediterranean restaurant Sahara served its last gyro.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2024
One of these, gyro 4, has operated for a total of 142,000 hours.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
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“Gyro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyro. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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Noun
from Greek gyros "turn," so called from the rotation of the meat on a spit
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