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Gyldenløve Gyldenløve (English, "Golden Lion") is an important surname in Danish and Norwegian history. The first Gyldenløve were a family of Norwegian high nobility in the end of Middle Ages, actually not using a surname, but having the golden lion depicted in their escutcheon.
Gylfaginning Gylfaginning, or the Tricking of Gylfi, is the first part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. The Gylfaginning deals with the creation and destruction of the world of the Norse gods, and many other aspects of Norse mythology.
Gylippus Gylippus was a Spartan general of the 5th century BC; he was the son of Cleandridas, who had been expelled from Sparta for accepting Athenian bribes in 446 BC and had settled at Thurii. His mother may have been a helot.
Gyllene Tider (EP) Gyllene Tider (also known as den gula EP:n, Billy-EP:n), is an EP from Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider, released in November 1978 and released in 900 examples. It shall not be confused with the Gyllene Tider EP, which was released in 1996.
Gyllene Tider EP Gyllene Tider EP is an EP from Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider, released in 1996 during their reunion tour Återtåget 96. The EP was also released as a bonus EP for the compilation album Halmstads pärlor, and separate, as it also was a single with Gå & fiska!
Gyllir In Norse mythology, Gyllir is a horse listed in both Grímnismál and Gylfaginning among the steeds ridden by the gods each day when they go to make judgements at Yggdrasil. However, in both poems Gyllir is not assigned to any specific deity.
Gyllyngvase Gyllyngvase is one of the four beaches associated with Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Its summer beach shop was broken into in the mid 80s and the next day the local school was awash with beach balls, diving masks and other items.
Győr Győr (German: Raab, Slovak: Ráb, Turkish: Yanık kale, Serbian: Đur / Ђур or Janok / Јанок) is the most important city of Northwest-Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna. The city is the sixth largest in Hungary and one of the five main regional centres of the country.
Győr (county) Győr county (in Hungarian: Győr (vár)megye) was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day north-western Hungary (95%) and south-western Slovakia (about 5%), mostly on the right (south) side of the Danube river. The capital of the county was the city of Győr.
Győr-Moson-Sopron Győr-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Komárom-Esztergom, Veszprém and Vas.
Gyūhi Gyūhi (求肥) is a form of wagashi (traditional Japanese sweet). Gyūhi is a softer variety of mochi (餅), and both are made from either glutinous rice or from mochiko (餅粉), which is glutinous rice flour.
Gym Dandies The Gym Dandies is the largest children's circus in New England. Located in Scarborough, Maine, the program is an extra-curricular activity for any children in grades three through twelve who wish to participate.
Gymboree Corporation The Gymboree Corporation is a publicly-traded San Francisco-based corporation that operates a chain of almost 600 "Gymboree" retail speciality stores for children and women in the United States and Canada. It is traded on the Nasdaq exchange with symbol GYMB, and has a market capitalization of $702 million dollars (Dec.
Gymea Technology High School Gymea Technology High School (or more commonly known by its acronym, GTHS) is located on the Princes Highway in the suburb of Gymea, in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney, next to Gymea TAFE. It is a technology oriented, public and co-educational high school in New South Wales.
Gymel In medieval and early Renaissance English polyphonic music, gymel (also gimel or gemell) is the technique of temporarily dividing up one voice part, usually an upper one, into two parts of equal range, but singing different music. Often the two voices sing a passage of intricate polyphony, beginning and finally converging on a unison, and often, but not always, the other voices drop out for a time.
Gymkhana Gymkhana (derived from the Hindi (or Hindustani) word for "racket court"is an Indian term for a place where sporting events take place and refers to any of various meets at which contests are held to test the skill of the competitors, such as in the sports of equestrianship], [[gymnastics, or sports car racing.
Gymnacro Gymnacro, a phonemic blend of the words gymnastics and acrobatics, used to refer to a sport which combines elements of both artistic gymnastics and sport acrobatics. Also known as acronastics, the event draws from the disciplines of dance, tumbling, and partner balancing.
Gymnarchus niloticus Gymnarchus niloticus, other names in English including aba, aba aba, frankfish, and African knifefish, is the only species in the family Gymnarchidae within the order Osteoglossiformes. Gymnarchus niloticus is described as having a long and slender body, lacking caudal, ventral, and anal fins.
Gymnasia and Realgymnasia Gymnasia (singular: Gymnasium) and Realgymnasia were the classical higher or secondary schools of Germany from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. Students were admitted at 9 or 10 years of age and were required to have a knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Gymnasium (Denmark) The Gymnasium offers a 3-year general upper secondary programme which builds on the 9th-10th form of the Folkeskole and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination. This qualifies a student for admission to higher education, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the individual higher education programmes.
Gymnasium (school) A gymnasium (pronounced with as opposed to ) is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar Schools. The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion) was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men (see gymnasium (ancient Greece)).
Gymnasium Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Gymnasium Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (Serbian: Гимназија "Јован Јовановић Змај" or Gimnazija "Jovan Jovanović Zmaj") is one of the most important high schools in Novi Sad, Serbia. It is named after Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, a Serb poet.
Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelsen som har hjemsøkt vårt land Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelsen som har hjemsøkt vårt land is a novel by Dag Solstad published in 1982. The title translates as High-school Teacher Pedersen’s Account of the Great Political Movement Which Has Haunted Our Country.
Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's combined The men's combined was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time a combined apparatus event was held at the Olympics, though the previous incarnation was more similar to the all-around turnverein featured simultaneously with the combined.
Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's team The men's team was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time a team event, in the sense of combining scores of individual gymnasts, was held at the Olympics.
Gymnastics at the 1906 Summer Olympics At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, four gymnastics events were contested, all for men only. Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.
Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's all-around The men's individual all-around, also known as the heptathlon, was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. As suggested by the alternate name, the competition included seven events with the scores summed to give a final score.
Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team The men's team was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Each team was composed of between 16 and 40 gymnasts, with a time limit of 30 minutes for the performance.
Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's team, free system The men's team competition with a free system was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, which would only be held again at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's team, Swedish system The men's team competition in the Swedish system was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, which would only be held again at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men. The competition was held from September 5 to September 10 in the left-hand palaestra (gymnasium) of the Baths of Caracalla, which are located some 6.
Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men. All the events were held at the Sports Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium (at Luzhniki, south-western part of Moscow) from July 20 to July 25.
Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics was represented by two different gymnastics disciplines: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles from July 29 to August 11. In artistic gymnastics 14 events were contested (6 for women and 8 for men), while in rhythmic gymnastics - one women's event.
Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics was represented by two different gymnastics disciplines: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, held at the Olympic Gymnastics Hall in Seoul from September 18 to September 30. In artistic gymnastics 14 events were contested (6 for women and 8 for men), while in rhythmic gymnastics - one women's event.
Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics was represented by two different gymnastics disciplines: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. For the 1992 Summer Olympics, the artistic gymnastics competition was in the Palau Sant Jordi from July 26 to August 2, and the rhythmic gymnastics competition was held at the Palau d'Esports de Barcelona from August 6 to August 8.
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics was divided into three sub-categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampolining. The artistic gymnastics was held from August 14 to August 23, the rhythmic gymnastics from August 26 to August 29, and the trampolining from August 20 to August 21.
Gymnastics at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Gymnastics at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games was divided into three sub-categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and aerobics. The artistic gymnastics was held from November 29 to December 1, the rhythmic gymnastics from December 2 to December 3, and the aerobics from December 4 to December 5.
Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan (or Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences) is a Swedish institution offering higher education in the fields of teaching profession in Physical Education, Sports coaching and Preventive health. The school offers both programmes and courses.
Gymnesian Islands The collective name of the Gymnesian Islands (Catalan: Illes Gimnèsies; Spanish: Islas Gimnesias) distinguishes the two largest (and eastern-most) Balearic islands (Majorca and Minorca), from the Pine Islands (Catalan Illes Pitiüses; Spanish Islas Pitiusas: Ibiza and Formentera).
Gymnobiblism Gymnobiblism is the opinion that the bare text of the Bible, without commentary, may be safely given to the unlearned as a sufficient guide to religious truth. Gymnobiblism was the guiding principle for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament into the German vernacular but his proposition was condemned by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent, which held that the Sacred Scriptures may not be isolated from Sacred Tradition and the teaching authority of the Pope acting in concert with the bishops of the Church.
Gymnocalycium Gymnocalycium, commonly called chin catcus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cacti. The genus name Gymnocalycium (from Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines.
Gymnopaedia In ancient Sparta the Gymnopaedia was a yearly celebration during which naked youths displayed their athletic and martial skills through the medium of dancing. The custom was introduced early in the seventh century, concurrently with the introduction of naked athletics, oiling the body for exercise so as to highlight its beauty, and the formalization of pederastic pedagogy.
Gymnophobia Gymnophobia is a fear or anxiety about being seen naked, and/or about seeing others naked, even in situations where it is socially acceptable. Gymnophobes may experience their fear of nudity before all people, or only certain people, and may regard their fear as irrational.
Gymnophryid The gymnophryids are a small group of amoeboids that lack shells and produce thin, reticulose pseudopods. These contain microtubules and have a granular appearance, owing to the presence of extrusomes, but are distinct from the pseudopods of Foraminifera.
Gymnopilus Gymnopilus is a genus of gilled mushrooms within the fungal family Cortinariaceae containing over 150 rusty-orange spored mushroom species formerly divided among Pholiota and the defunct genus Flammula. The fruiting body is typically reddish brown to rusty orange to yellow, often with a veil.
Gymnosophists Gymnosophists is the name (meaning "naked philosophers") given by the Greeks to certain ancient Indian philosophers who pursued asceticism to the point of regarding food and clothing as detrimental to purity of thought (sadhus or yogis).
Gymnosperm Gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) are a group of seed-bearing plants with ovules on the edge or blade of an open sporophyll, the sporophylls usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major group of seed-bearing plants, the Angiosperms, have ovules enclosed in a carpel, a sporophyll with fused margins.
Gymnosphaerid The gymnosphaerids are a small group of heliozoan protists found in marine environments. They tend to be roughly spherical with radially directed axopods, supported by microtubules in a triangular-hexagonal array arising from an amorphous central granule.
Gymnosporangium Gymnosporangium is a genus of heteroecious fungi which alternately infect members of the family Cupressaceae, primarily species in the genus Juniperus (junipers), and members of the family Rosaceae in the subfamily Maloideae (apples, pears, quinces, hawthorns, rowans and their relatives).
Gympie Arterial Road The M3Gympie Arterial Road is a section of Gympie Road in the northern suburbs of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia that has been upgraded to Motorway standard to allow for a greater traffic flow. This section of the road starts in Carseldine and terminates at the interchange with the M1Bruce Highway and the M1Gateway Motorway.
Gymslip A gymslip is a sleeveless tunic with a pleated skirt most commonly seen as part of a girl's school uniform. The term gymslip primarily refers to athletic wear; otherwise the the term pinafore dress (British English) or jumper dress (American English) is usually preferred.
Gynaecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) literally means "the science of women", but in medicine this is the specialty of diseases of the female reproductive system (uterus, vagina, and ovaries). Almost all modern gynaecologists are also obstetricians; see Obstetrics and gynaecology.
Gynandromorph A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics. The term gynandromorph, from Greek "gyn" female and "andro" male, is mainly used in the field of Lepidopterology (butterfly/moth study) or entomology (all insects).
Gyne Gyne is the primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees). Gynes are those destined to become queens, whereas female workers are typically sterile and cannot become queens.
Gynecologic hemorrhage Gynecologic hemorrhage represents excessive bleeding of the female reproductive system. Such bleeding could be visible or external, namely bleeding from the vagina, or it could be internal into the pelvic cavity or form a hematoma.
Gynecologic Oncology Group The Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) is a non-profit organization funded by the National Cancer Institute with the purpose of supporting research for the prevention and treatment of all gynecologic cancers, such as ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, vulvar cancer, and vaginal cancer.
Gynecologic Pathology Gynecologic pathology is the medical pathology subspecialty dealing with the study and diagnosis of disease involving the female genital tract. A physician who practices gynecologic pathology is a gynecologic pathologist.
Gynecologic ultrasonography Gynecologic ultrasonography or Gyn sonography refers to the application of medical ultrasonography to the female pelvic organs, specifically the uterus, the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, as well as the bladder, the Pouch of Douglas, and any findings in the pelvis of relevance outsite of pregnancy.
Gynesis Gynesis was originally defined by Alice Jardine as "the valorization of the feminine" and woman's "connotations, as somehow intrinsic to new and necessary modes of thinking, writing, speaking" (Jardine 25). It is considered a theoretical reading of the feminine that disrupts the master narratives of western culture (Friedman 18), and is the subject of her book, Gynesis: Configurations of Woman and Modernity.
Gynocentrism Gynocentrism (Greek γυνο, gyno-, "woman", χεντρον, kentron, "center") is an ideological focus on women and their views and experiences, usually without consideration of other views, and possibly with detriment to those who hold them. Gynocentrism is similar to phallocentrism, with the metaphorical focus on the penis replaced with a focus on the vagina.
Gynocladius Gynocladius is a parthenogenetic genus in the subfamily Orthocladiinae (Chironomidae). A single species is recorded from Southeast Brazil, Gynocladius scalpellosus, described by Mendes, Sæther and Andrade-Morraye in 2005.
Gynoid Gynoid (from Greek γυνη, gynē - woman) is a term used to describe a robot designed to look like a human female, as compared to an android modeled after a male. The term is not common, however, with android often being used to refer to both "genders" of robot.
Gynophagia Gynophagia (literally "woman eating") refers to the sexual fetish involving fantasies of the cooking and consumption of human females. The fantasy can be consensual, or be related and mixed with violence and rape fantasies.
Gyobang The gyobang were the principal buildings associated with kisaeng during the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties. They provided instruction in music and dance, and by the late Joseon dynasty they were also the administrative center of kisaeng society.
Gyokumen Koushou Gyokumen Kōshu is a fictional character in the manga and anime Saiyūki, one of the main enemies of Genjō-sanzo and Sanzō-ikkō ("Sanzo's party") who wants to obtain the Heaven and Earth Scripture to revive her lover Gyūmaō. In the Japanese animes, she's voiced by Shinobu Satou.
Gyokuon-hĹŤsĹŤ The , lit. "Jewel Voice Broadcast", was the radio broadcast in which the Japanese emperor Hirohito read out the , announcing to the Japanese people that the Japanese Government had accepted the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of the Japanese military at the end of World War II.
Gyokuyoshu The Gyokuyōshū ("Collection of Jeweled Leaves", a title which recollects the Kin'yō Wakashū) was an imperial anthology of Japanese waka; it was finished somewhere between 1313 and 1314 CE, two or three years after the Retired Emperor Fushimi first ordered it around 1311. It was compiled by Kygoku no Tamekane (a member of the middle branch descended from Fujiwara no Teika; this branch allied itself with the younger liberal Reizei rather than the older conservative Nijo).
Gyomay Kubose Gyomay Kubose (1905-2000), born Masao Kubose was a Japanese-American Buddhist teacher who founded the Buddhist Temple of Chicago in 1944. Although born in the United States, he spent a large amount of his youth in Japan, studying under his spiritual instructor Haya Akegarasu, who was in turn a student of Kiyozawa Manshi, a Meiji-era reformer of Shin Buddhism.
Gyopo Gyopo (교포) or Dongpo (동포) is a term originating from the Korean language, describing persons of Korean ethnic descent who have lived the majority of their lives outside Korea. It can also mean simply any Korean who lives outside Korea.
Gyotaku Gyotaku (Japanese é­šć‹“, from gyo "fish" + taku "rubbing") is a traditional form of Japanese fish printing, dating from the mid 1800s, a form of nature printing used by fishermen to record their catches.
Gyp Casino Gyp Casino (born as Jesper Sporre in 1961) is a Swedish rock drummer, he was the original drummer for Hanoi Rocks, until he was replaced in 1982, by Razzle. Although he does not appear on the cover for Self Destruction Blues, Casino do play on the record.
Gypjak Gypjak (also known as Kipchak) is a small village about 10 kilometers away from the Turkmen capital of AĹźgabat. The village is known as the home village of the first President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov.
Gyposaurus Gyposaurus ("vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of basal sauropodomorph from the early Jurassic of South Africa and China. It is usually considered to represent juveniles of other prosauropods, but "G.
Gypsisols Gypsisols comprise one of the 30 soil types from the FAO soil classification system. Gypsisols are characterized by a layer of Gypsum under the surface, and are only found in the most arid areas of the world, such as North Africa and the Middle East.
Gypsophila Gypsophila (Gypsophila) is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa. Many species are found on calcium-rich soils, including gypsum, whence the name of the genus.
Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song) "Gypsy" is a song by the rock group Fleetwood Mac. Stevie Nicks wrote the song originally circa 1979, and the earliest demo recordings were recorded in early 1980 with Tom Moncrieff for possible inclusion on her solo debut Bella Donna.
Gypsy (MST3K) Gypsy is one of the robot characters on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Gypsy normally only appeared during the host segments part of the series, but briefly took a seat in the theater to watch the movie in episode #412 (Hercules and the Captive Women).
Gypsy (software) Gypsy was the first modern document preparation system, using the modern style of graphical user interface (in which the mouse was used to initiate commands), and would be familiar to any user of a modern personal computer. It was the second WYSIWYG document preparation program, a successor to the ground-breaking Bravo on the seminal Xerox Alto personal computer.
Gypsy 83 (soundtrack) The soundtrack to the 2001 film Gypsy 83 was released in 2003 on Metropolis Records. Several well-known goth and electronic music artists are featured, alongside Karen Black and the film's leading-lady, Sara Rue.
Gypsy Evangelical Movement Gypsy Evangelical Movement (GEM) is a Protestant church active among Roma living in several countries that was founded in 1950. "The Gypsy Evangelical Movement begins in Grance and Spain in the late 1950's.
Gypsy jazz Gypsy jazz (also known as "Gypsy Swing") is an idiom sometimes said to have started by the Ferré brothers in the late 1920s. That said it became popular due to the work of guitarist Django Reinhardt in the 1930s.
Gypsy Lane railway station Gypsy Lane railway station serves the town of Nunthorpe within the borough of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.
Gypsy Lore Society The Gypsy Lore Society was founded in Great Britain in 1888 to unite persons interested in the history and lore of Gypsies and rovers and to establish closer contacts among scholars studying aspects of such cultures. David MacRitchie was one of its founders and he worked with Francis Hindes Groome until 1892 to produce its quarterly journal.
Gypsy moth The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, is a moth in the family Lymantriidae of Eurasian origin. Originally ranging from Europe to Asia, it was introduced to North America in the late 1860's and has been expanding its range ever since.
Gypsy punk Gypsy punk is the term used to describe a hybrid musical genre that crosses traditional Gypsy music with punk rock and other brands of rebel music. The term first was coined by musician Eugene HĂĽtz, when describing his band Gogol Bordello, to the New York City weekly newspaper The Village VoiceThe Village Voice: Gogol a Go-Go.
Gypsy Rizka Gypsy Rizka is a light-hearted novel by Lloyd Alexander about a girl who survives purely on her own wit (as Sharpnack (antagonist) has tried countless times to run her out of town), and the silly adventures she experiences with even sillier characters. She is accompanied by her cat Petzel, and lives on the ourskirts of town in a vardo.
Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (January 9, 1911 - April 26, 1970) was an American actress and burlesque entertainer, whose 1957 memoir, which included a scathing portrait of her domineering mother, was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy.
Gypsy Sun and Rainbows Gypsy Sun and Rainbows was a band formed by Jimi Hendrix after the break-up of The Jimi Hendrix Experience in June 1969. Hendrix teamed with his old bass partner Billy Cox to form a new band planned as an ever evolving ensemble of musicians (similar to John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band) and brought in friends Larry Lee (guitar), Juma Sultan (percussion) and Jerry Velez (congas).
Gypsy tart A gypsy tart is a type of cake made with evaporated milk, muscovado sugar (though some prefer light brown sugar), and pie crust. It originates from northwest Kent in England, and is little known outside that area.
Gypsy Vanner horse The Gypsy Vanner is a breed with its origin among the Irish Travellers, or gypsies, of the British Isles. These horses are called Irish Tinker Horse (Germany and Netherlands), and also known as Irish Cob, Piebald (Ireland), or Gypsy Vanner (USA).
Gyraf audio Gyraf Audio is an audio electronics research and development company, situated in Aarhus, Denmark. Gyraf is founded and run by Jakob Erland, who is widely respected amongst audio engineers for his contribution to the pro audio DIY community.
Gyrd and Gnupa Gyrd and Gnupa were kings of Denmark in the 10th century according to Sweyn II of Denmark and Adam of Bremen. They were the sons of the Swedish chieftain Olof (or Olaf) the Brash who had conquered Denmark and they ruled together according to Swedish tradition.
Gyrfalcon The gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), also spelled gyr falcon (the 'g' is pronounced as "j" in "jar"), and also sometimes spelled gerfalcon, is the largest of all falcons. The gyrfalcon breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europe and Asia.
Gyricon Gyricon is a type of electronic paper developed at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). It has the same properties as paper: It's flexible, contains an image, and is viewable from a wide angle, but it can be erased and written thousands of times.
Gyrlion The gyrlion is a mythical beast that was created for the unpublished work, "In the Eyes of the Beheld." They are a melding of the Ferrara (cat) and Ava (bird) shifters, and, as a result, very similar to griffons of classic fantasy.
Gyro gunsight A gyro gunsight is a type of gunsight in which target lead (the amount of aim-off in front of a moving target) and bullet drop are allowed-for automatically, the sight incorporating a gyroscopic mechanism that computes the necessary deflections required to ensure a hit on the target. The sight was developed during the Second World War for aircraft use during aerial combat.
Gyro Gearloose Gyro Gearloose is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic fowl created by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company. He is part of the Scrooge McDuck universe, appearing in comic book stories as a friend of Donald Duck, Scrooge and anyone who is associated with them.
Gyro International Gyro International is a non-profit social, service, and fraternal club for men located in the United States and Canada. Gyro was founded by Paul Schwan, Clarence (Gus) Handerson, and Edmund (Ed) Kagy in April of 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Gyro monorail The gyro monorail, gyroscopic monorail, gyro-stabilized monorail, or gyrocar all denote a single track land vehicle, road or rail, which uses the gyroscopic action of a spinning wheel, which is forced to precess, to overcome the inherent inverted pendulum instability of balancing on top of a single rail.
Gyro Tower A Gyro Tower or Panoramic Tower is an evolution of the observation tower with a vertical moving platform. A Gyro Tower's observation deck can not just be raised to provide its passengers a spectacular view, it can also be rotated around the supporting mast, either once in the raised position or also while moving up and downwards.

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