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gyration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gyration has 2 senses
- gyration(n = noun.event) revolution, rotation - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" is a kind of turn, turning
- gyration(n = noun.act) whirling - the act of rotating in a circle or spiral; Array is a kind of rotary motion, rotation
has particulars: clockwise rotation, dextrorotation, counterclockwise rotation, levorotation, axial motion, axial rotation, roll, orbital motion, orbital rotation, spin
Derived form verb gyrate2
Derived forms verb gyrate2, verb gyrate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
gyration, n.
- The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. [1913 Webster]"The gyrations of an ascending balloon." [1913 Webster]"If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire." [1913 Webster]
- One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
gyration
angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, axial motion, bowling, centrifugation, circuit, circulation, circumgyration, circumrotation, circumvolution, full circle, gyre, pivoting, reeling, revolution, roll, rolling, rotation, rotational motion, round, spin, spinning, swinging, swirling, swiveling, trolling, trundling, turbination, turn, turning, volutation, volution, wheel, wheeling, whir, whirl, whirlingROGET THESAURUS
gyration
Rotation
N rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll, circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution, verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge, countercurrent, Maelstrom, Charybdis, Ixion, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, spin-out, axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point, axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel, axle shaft, gymbal, hub, hub of rotation, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, top, dreidel, teetotum, gyroscope, turntable, lazy suzan, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill, wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear, roller, flywheel, jack, caster, centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge, drill, augur, oil rig, wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.
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