GARY

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gary mean? 

• GARY (noun)
  The noun GARY has 1 sense:

1. a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production

  Familiarity information: GARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)

Holonyms ("Gary" is a part of...):

Hoosier State; IN; Ind.; Indiana (a state in midwestern United States)

 Context examples 

The researchers gathered data on how Gary and two other birds land on different surfaces, including natural perches and artificial perches covered in foam, sandpaper and Teflon.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

Gary's successful touchdown on the Teflon — and on other perches of varying materials — is teaching scientists how they might create machines that land like a bird.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

Diana Chin, a researcher at Stanford University and Gary's trainer, points her finger to a perch about 20 inches away.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

Under the watchful eyes of five high-speed cameras, a small bird named Gary waits for the signal to fly.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)