Gyro may refer to:
- An abbreviation for autogyro, a type of rotary-wing aircraft
- Gyro (or, more properly, gyros), a pita sandwich or the rotisseried meat it contains
- An abbreviation for gyroscope, an orientation-stabilizing device
- The casually used brand name of a detangler mechanism, part of a stunt-adapted BMX bicycle
- Gyro Gearloose, a comic-book character. Configuration An autogyro is characterised by a free-spinning rotor that turns due to passage of air upwards through the rotor This article is about the food dish For other uses see Gyro. Gyros or gyro (giros (ˈjɪəroʊ or /ˈdʒaɪroʊ/ Greek: γύρος A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of Angular momentum. The detangler is an invention for the Freestyle BMX bicycle allowing the handlebars to turn a complete 360° rotation without the brake cables getting tangled Gyro Gearloose is a Fictional character, an anthropomorphic Chicken created by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company.
- Gyro International, a social fraternal organization
- An abbreviation for Gyrodactylus salaris, a parasite in salmon
- A nickname for the rumored baseball pitch, the gyroball. Gyro International is a non-profit social service and fraternal club for men located in the United States and Canada Gyrodactylus salaris is a small monogenean Ectoparasite (about 0 A gyroball is a type of baseball pitch used primarily by players in Japan.
- The nickname of the Panther Choice Award Winning Jesus "Bartleby" Jones.
- Gyro student magazine of Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Gyro is the official magazine of its owners the Otago Polytechnic Students' Association (OPSA at Otago Polytechnic in Otago, New
- GYRO, a computer program for tokamak plasma simulation. GYRO is a computational Plasma physics code developed and maintained at General Atomics.
- Honda Gyro, a family of tilting three wheel vehicles. The Honda Gyro is a family of small three-wheeled single-occupant vehicles sold primarily in Japan, and often used for delivery or express service
- 'Gyro', a stimulant drug appearing in the science fiction novel The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein. The Puppet Masters is a 1951 Science fiction novel by Robert A Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer.
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